Surviving Life as a Medieval Princess...

[@sandrajohnson2489]

I recognize the painting in the thumbnail. It's from an old Irish ballad about a princess and the knight who were in love. Her father the king disapproved of the relationship and ordered the knight to be put to death. The painting is of the two lovers meeting for the last time. I am an artist and when I saw this painting I knew I had to paint it. I think it's my favorite painting.

[@chriswallace9113]

It’s called “Meeting on the Turret Stairs”. I bought a print for my wife on our first Christmas when we were dating. It still hangs in our house 23 years later.

[@dirklogan4699]

spin doctors made a song called two princes about this probably

[@TheFlowerGirl13]

​@chriswallace9113 I saw this print for the first time in a tourist shop in Ireland. It haunted me afterwards for fifteen years until I saw it pop up again and was finally able to buy it

[@sandrajohnson2489]

@@TheFlowerGirl13 That's cool. The moment I saw the image and read the ballad I knew I had to paint it. It's my favorite painting and I have it in a really nice frame.

[@durangodave]

i cant even imagine being put to death because of someone i love, Sad times for the human race, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I would have said F U king if im gonna die im gonna fight and take one of you with me.

[@bnhietala]

I find the fact that a nun racked up gambling debts absolutely hysterical!

[@warrenny]

You find it hysterical because you never educated yourself regarding nunnery social norms of the period.

[@bnhietala]

@@warrenny no. I find it hysterical because it's not something you usually hear about, and I enjoy irony.

[@warrenny]

My apologies. I think I need one of those jump-to-conclusions mats.

[@Badgerlust]

Nuns are not nearly as holy as the church wants you to know

[@bnhietala]

@@Badgerlust who is? 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@valentinkambushev4968]

I remember laughing my ass off when I first heard the story of Stefan Milutin and Simonida (his six year-old wife). Of course, before learning about what he did to her.

[@durangodave]

i thought they waited for puberty at minimum, i also thought they had to consumate the marriage?

[@DemeterTelphousia-Erinyes]

@@durangodavethey would usually wait until the girl was 15/16 as then she’d be fully grown and have healthy children - less likelihood of a difficult birth. Henry VII of England’s mother had him at 13 and couldn’t have any more children. It was frowned upon at the time, not necessarily for moral reasons. If a bride or groom were children they would be brought up together in the groom’s household, but would generally not consummate a marriage until they were 15/16 . They married younger to secure a good alliance etc. Awful really! Poor kids.

[@mhknfh3049]

@@durangodave according to Wikipedia he did not wait and he messed up her uterus making her unable to bear kids

[@durangodave]

@@mhknfh3049 OMG so evil so sad for her, the mentality back then was just nuts.

[@mhknfh3049]

@@durangodave I can see if KZbin will let the link stay en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simonida

[@triciamills309]

Really interesting video, as always. We often don't hear about Medieval Princesses (or any Medieval female's escapades).

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

I saw the series the white queen and the white princess, They focus on the war of the roses. They had an accurate depiction how how medieval ladies lived and behaved.

[@selecttravelvacations7472]

Those series were actually quite far from medieval reality for women but they were a nice semi-romanticized view.

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

@selecttravelvacations7472 they were very accurate, but of course, with all tv shows, they took creative liberties.

[@myriamickx7969]

There are several YT channels that give adequate descriptions and informations about life in the medieval times, but sadly, Medieval Madness is not one of them.

[@RuthenianGirl]

​@@myriamickx7969why?

[@leahdevilliers2887]

@@myriamickx7969can you recommend the channel’s names?

[@RoseRedd-k4b]

I would hate being a pawn in my father's game.

[@stephaniemorrissey123]

It would be a thousand time better than being a peasant...

[@RoseRedd-k4b]

@@stephaniemorrissey123 how so??? I think it is about the same

[@AUTISM618]

@@RoseRedd-k4b no it isnt. being peasant is 24/7 hard labor.

[@carrieconner2021]

​@@AUTISM618 I'll take hard labor over being forced into an unwanted marriage.

[@jetblackjoy]

​@@carrieconner2021you will have to combine that labor with bearing and rearing a dozen of children without the help of any nurses older than 10.

[@mjarboesdf]

I feel extremely blessed to have been born in the 21st century, in North America especially, as a woman! 🙏

[@oliviavictoria7210]

Great video! Would love to see more videos about women in the middle ages

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

It cost quite a bit to enter a convent. Most women were from wealthy families and many, probably most had no choice. It was a way to either get rid of daughters who couldn’t be married off for various reasons (too many daughters or in debt and couldn’t afford a dowry/bad reputation/too intelligent/not pretty enough/ or to have someone to pray for a parent’s soul, often a living parent). While there were parents who loved their daughters, many were not valued. There are examples of daughters who had a vocation but were married off anyway. It was not a good time to be female. Extra sons were also forced to take orders. Not surprising these folks failed to follow the rules. Not to mention that in some cases the rules themselves were so strict most humans couldn’t follow them anyway.

[@avery_IO]

shoutout Braid, the best game about a princess 👸

[@Victoriaghh]

Gonna check it out!

[@ElaineAnderson-y9r]

@@avery_IO gonna check it out too. Thanx 😊

[@laurac8659]

I have this print on the thumbnail! I absolutely love it!

[@grapeypear4558]

Please tell me the name and the artist! I want it!

[@laurac8659]

The Meeting on the Turret Stairs by Frederic William Burton

[@twinkletoe-s]

I just found you about a week ago and have been binge watching nearly everything. Great work. I love the style of your stuff and great voice-over. There are plenty of pictures with good info, just great work, man. I would definitely like to see more torture related or illnesses/books/drawings etc. I'm not sure. You have covered a lot already. Anyways, thank you again for the solid content.

[@denisestevens2540]

Edward and Eleanor are my favorite. They are My 22nd Great Grandparents.

[@ethiopiazoldyk4667]

Wow. You're really lucky😅 You're of royal blood 👍🥰

[@swefress]

I'd love proof first instead of a backhanded KZbin comment

[@winglessfairy564]

I call bs

[@aliceDarts]

Lmao...

[@Idocharthistories]

And Katy Perry and Taylor Swift are my 22nd great god celebrity parents 🥰

[@juliie007]

I think game of thrones show did an excellent job pulverizing the romanticized ideals of medieval courtship & pageantry the galant knight, fair ladies, princess and even queens.

[@jonpress4470]

I genuinely look forward to your videos every week. Great stuff.

[@JosephBishop-g3t]

Made my day to see a new video from you!

[@gwendolynsnyder463]

Mutual respect is what I personally deem as the highest form of love.

[@smrk2452]

2:41 An annulment is NOT a divorce. Those are two different things. A divorce is a break in marriage on the civic level. An annulment is done through the church to prove that a marriage never actually existed.

[@durangodave]

hi can you do a video explaining what all the levels and positions mean. Example, count, chancelor, duke, dutchess, and so on...

[@revolution94ful]

Baron, duke, count, king, emperor. They’re just higher orders of rulers who rule those of a lower order beneath them. Of course, in reality there was nuance involved and some lords of lower rank were in fact stronger than those above them. .

[@durangodave]

@@revolution94ful thanks, its just hard for an american to grasp. For example during the queens funeral and kings cerimony recently there were so many calls of introduction i lost count and with every one i thought nice title but what does it mean. Are some of them just job titles?

[@revolution94ful]

@@durangodave no problem, I did make an error in saying dukes were subordinate to counts though as it was actually the opposite. Baron, count, duke, king, emperor. A good predictor of how you were labeled depended on how many counties you controlled. As far as modern dukes and such I’m not sure, I know historically that it was the case that they’d have power of counties within their domain.

[@elainehardman1683]

And in the UK, we have earls instead of counts. But the wives of earls are countesses in line with their European counterparts.

[@krosherz]

Imagine a baron as being like a mayor incharhe of a town the count incharge of a county the Duke like a governor incharge of a region/state/province the king incharge of a country and emporer leads an empire of countries

[@Dukeandbishop]

9.33 - I'm a bit confused. That picture is of the medieval fortress of Tervuren, which was once used as a hunting lodge by the Dukes of Brabant. There are only a few remnants of walls and cellars to be seen (oldest bits from around 1200 according to the heritage site). It was constantly modified and extended over the centuries, but ultimately got destroyed. Do you happen to have a source for the building work Margaret has done? I can't find much about it, but it sounds interesting. Margaret's husband, Duke Jan II, died in the castle in 1312, maybe of because of kidney stones. Actually, the engraving at 4.28 is a theoretical portrait of Jan. Thx

[@kellysong2256]

So many of these poor women first lived in a "gilded cage", then were traded like property, then were forced to be a broodmare (and suffer the agony of watching many of their children die) 😢 I wouldn't want to be a princess for anything!

[@stephaniemorrissey123]

It would be a thousand times better than being a peasant. Still would've had a bunch of pregnancies and still births, but with the added fun of being illiterate and unimaginably poor.

[@kellysong2256]

@@stephaniemorrissey123 Well, sure. I can't argue with that 😉

[@ing-mariekoppel1637]

At 6:54 Anyone knows what the round flat plates are?

[@NOACCEPTANCE772]

What does the painting at 3:57 have to do with anything? Lol That's not a princess; a prince or a king, that's a portrait of an Italian youth by Sandro Botticelli...

[@cassieoz1702]

There wasn't much glamorous about life in medieval times

[@nofilterhistory]

Getting rescued from towers every so often is easy

[@void1718]

For the under 30’s

[@emilien.]

😆I know this is a serious topic, but I keep thinking of Blackadder Series 1 when listening to this...

[@zarabee2880]

Haha the Spanish Enfanta? 😂 A tier episode 😂 I adore the bit where Baldrick gets him to dress up like the Earl of Doncaster & it backfires 😂😂😂

[@emilien.]

@@zarabee2880 Exactly!! Her interpreter sent me over the cliff!🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@OthmarsVlog]

excellent, well done and thumbs up 👍🙏💥

[@Ninjachucks]

I watched your video and right after I was compelled to jump onto a wooden table and dance a little Jigsaw!

[@stephaniemorrissey123]

JIG ...lol

[@mattias969]

Princess olga and Prince igor is a pretty insanely cool story

[@theconqueringram5295]

Some cool history!

[@karennorris7880]

Could you please name the artists and paintings?

[@ASmartNameForMe]

Hey MM, could I ask what music you used in this video? Its really nice actually

[@Joanna7428]

It's just medieval lift music

[@ASmartNameForMe]

@@Joanna7428 still very nice. You know what it’s called?

[@ashenafygesquiere4841]

I used to live in Tervuren 🤩

[@kimt1776]

0:47 "plain old ladies" how rude lol

[@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88]

Never underestimate the ire of a kitty cat

[@УжКакаяЕсть]

Great book about nuns life is “ The nun “ written by Denis Diderot ( French author of 18th century). Amazon sells this book.

[@1ambeautypersonified]

clicked for the thumbnail, her body tea

[@randomfjord1256]

1:59 Lord Farquaad?

[@zainmudassir2964]

Well Excuuuse me,princess!

[@LaurieValdez-zk3dy]

Take this with a boulder of salt everyone I believe ladies were used as cash cows😢

[@thegodofsoapkekcario1970]

This is a hard pill to swallow, but women are still traded today.

[@Ronam0451]

​@@thegodofsoapkekcario1970 it's not even close to how it was back then

[@thegodofsoapkekcario1970]

@@Ronam0451 Of course not, but to disregard it is also incorrect.

[@koriw1701]

@@Ronam0451Oh yeah? Have you been to India? Or the US? My daughter went to get a therapeutic massage and a lady speaking Russian ran out to tell her that it "wasn't THAT kind of massage place." (My daughter speaks Russian because of her dad and grandparents) She saw women peeking from the back and one had bruises. We left immediately and ran to report them to the FBI. It turned out that they were a VERY busy traffic site.

[@watchmehope6560]

​@@koriw1701what's the location brether. I Need a massage.

[@ChristinaTodd1970]

6:57 You need to be careful when using AI. Specifically, watch out for deformed faces and hands, AI has a hard time with these.

[@Victoriaghh]

Shit, are these AI pictures? Genuinely thought these were real artworks. I feel silly.

[@valentinkambushev4968]

​@@Victoriaghhto be fair, hands are probably one of the hardest things to draw, so medieval artists' work something looks like AI.

[@Victoriaghh]

​@@valentinkambushev4968 Some of the people have three hands!!

[@Ronam0451]

​@@Victoriaghhmost of them are real

[@koriw1701]

I'm convinced that this is medieval art. What makes you think that it's AI? (aside from the hands anyway) the faces and dress are classic form.

[@foxtrox-km3tx]

What's the name of the painting on 5:45?

[@boogiesmell5181]

It's an AI image. Not real. And I think it's very dishonest and disrespectful of MM to use such fakes, when they is really good and authentic medieval artwork he could use. But he just doesn't give a toss. At the very least he should have a disclaimer that he's just faking these. EDIT: The proof is in the two towers in the upper right corner, as well as the strange looking "castle" top left.

[@annafirth6738]

It's a photograph of The Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham (Anglican) Google image search is your friend.

[@JiyaSrivastava-mo1nr]

What is the name of the painting in the thumbnail???

[@michelestenberg8849]

16 pregnancies! 😮

[@sweetbunnybun]

Joan was the sister of henry iii, not henry ii

[@Reverse_Cowgirl-cat]

Eleanoras story sounds bad ass.

[@elainehardman1683]

This is so interesting and clearly a lot of time has been spent on putting the information together and illustrating it. You have a nice voice but you speak so fast, that it's hard to follow. Would it be possible to slow down a bit? Thanks.

[@dirklogan4699]

love this channel but i always think what a burden it was to be a woman in these times. being married off for political gains and no real place in society unless you played the game of thrones to affect change. also the hygiene was probably not good 🫣

[@MaryVanDuyne-k6q]

Survive life even today !

[@Shaaa-vf6ii]

Joan Stewart was also deaf.

[@PraiseTheFSMonster]

So they were slaves in nice clothes

[@zerotodona1495]

Literally not slaves. It is survival.

[@PraiseTheFSMonster]

@@zerotodona1495 They were surviving as slaves

[@SnuSnuDungeon]

​@@zerotodona1495women were considered property then so yes they were slaves and chattel to be sold to the highest bidder

[@tyrlant2189]

Why were they kinda bad at drawing back then? I have a theory that the materials were too expensive so you couldn't practice with the medium, you had to practice in the dirt with a stick or something. Idk if that is true tho, maybe they had a cheap way, maybe they just thought it was funny to make everyone look bad.

[@TucsonDude]

I wonder if these images are even historic rather than modern reproductions.

[@cmendy1809]

These pictures are AI

[@yaiscolors]

I read some time ago, that they didn’t believe in doing the likeness of the person for religious reasons or superstitions. I don’t remember well now, I should look that up again. I do remember it was quite interesting.

[@watchmehope6560]

The same thing will be said about our artwork in a couple of years. They weren't bad at drawing. There are hundred of masterpieces, it just a lot of people didn't care for realism. That was considered boring. Art is more than that, anyways.

[@TucsonDude]

@@watchmehope6560 Are you sure these are authentic drawings from the past?

[@cherylbrooks7005]

❤😊❤

[@choppergirl]

Let me tell you, it was rough.

[@ItsLunaRegina]

Narrator sounds so bored and like he's just going thru the motions in this one.

[@rocioaguilera3555]

Very interesting lives of the medieval princesses who took a bath 2-3 times in their lives. Stinky royalty 😂👃

[@MarjorainMD]

They all stank 😮

[@zerotodona1495]

Baths were a luxury. Medical hygiene did not exist. Why are you surprised or grossed out?

[@myriamickx7969]

Medieval princesses were for the most part just wombs.

[@zerotodona1495]

And? What do you think women biologically are worth? We create life. Just like all other females on this planet. It’s survival.

[@pritybird8502]

Ooo like i like i

[@Marcotonio]

Great painting choice for the thumbnail, only for me to click and be barraged by AI pictures with no historical value or accuracy. If you're not going to find suitable material for the video, write a book instead. Or tell ChatGPT to do that for you.

[@annafirth6738]

I don't think you know as much about art as you think you do.

[@Marcotonio]

​@@annafirth6738 Your reply conveys no information.

[@annafirth6738]

@@Marcotonio I'd suggest that you pick up a book on medieval art then. Or actually try an AI art program and see what they look like. As it is, you're triggering yourself over dumb things, and I'm worried for your blood pressure. Is there anything else I can do to infer information from basic statements for you? Perhaps a short general article on learning for fun, or directions to your nearest library?

[@Marcotonio]

@@annafirth6738 I stand corrected, I picked up "a book" (TM) and it had medieval instructions on how to generate royal portraits such as 3:52 using PrattleGPT IV.

[@annafirth6738]

@@Marcotonio Some of them are AI, but the vast majority aren't.

[@boogiesmell5181]

I wish you'd stop using AI images. It's lazy and dishonest. Respect authenticity and the originals. There's plenty of authentic images to use, why do you want to fake it??? 6:55 is just appalling.

[@bahadirm]

Based King Edward.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

I need to know the name of the princess 👸🏼 who was wed to my ex-husband and oldest son’s ancestor Vlad The Impaler. Any clues in this video possibly?

[@jeanfish7]

Political pawns, the strong women either did very well, or horribly

[@maryfrump7937]

Joan my Grandmother

[@ChantelStays]

11 ... That's so so so disgusting. The medieval was nothing but molestation.

[@cw4091]

Any discussion of medieval life that doesn’t encompass the discussion with faith is pretty well useless.

[@Nellia..]

At least she is rich

[@ExoticalT369]

Exactly. Being monied always makes things less dreadful. 👸🏻

[@NickMak-m2c]

I'd marry a hag for that kind of $ lol

[@mattias969]

One thing i could never get past is that enormous forehead trend they had

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

Unfortunately they had to marry rich and fat smelly lords, Oh the horror

[@valentinkambushev4968]

Yeah, it's awful! If only she could live the harsh and uncertain life of a peasant woman!

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

​@@valentinkambushev4968 God forbid the plague and famine

[@koriw1701]

Sounds like what Melania has been going through since 2005...

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

​@@koriw1701 I don't think she enjoys it much by the looks of it lol

[@watchmehope6560]

​@@koriw1701she's an adult. She can leave if she wants. Hush.

[@AugustDH]

First.🤴

[@olgak506]

10.24 looks like a Russian painting

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Amazing 😻!

[@Izanna3]

W

[@Iceageonmars]

Interesting subject but why talk so fast and sound so bored?

[@TashonnaGhost0]

It’s was only 1cent they did not say thank you they said snake you

[@rodneyward8357]

Not that i agree but as per even modern age pull your panties down. That being said they have proven that they can survive. That being said i am a modern man. With 2 modern daughters. I taught them to fight like a man. Which means they can fight like a man and a woman. A lot of people than weren't idiots. Im sure they raised daughters the same way. The panty down saying was said for then. This was said for that time. A lot of fathers used daughters as pawns. I bet there were a few dads then.

[@goaway3741]

i am a man but should the worst came to shove i shall keep this video in mind

[@loriace9841]

This video was misnamed. It should have been called “Quick, boring side notes about various female nobles in the Middle Ages”.

[@dolma5250]

Haters gonna hate

[@koriw1701]

Geez, what are you doing here then if you don't like it? Please don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out.

[@norahroselle]

It was actually a interesting video

[@Discordia5]

What do you want, a personal princess diary? This video was titled just fine.

[@dirklogan4699]

no it’s called youtube video i listen to before my nap

[@duncandesuu]

I wouldn't survive

[@ErnestPiffel]

The narrator sounds bored

[@GammerGurten]

The singsong narration is annoying and sounds like you are bored.

[@michelejeejee5692]

You speak too fast 😏

[@HelenBeeee]

Yes there’s no space to digest the information and the accent affects the pronunciation of the names. But I appreciated the effort put into the video it’s well edited.

[@yimyum337]

And you can change the speed of the video 😏

[@Freedom_iwant]

And after watching this ... I can clap fast 😏