Getting Wasted in the Middle Ages...

[@medievalmadnesss]

Who is heading to the tavern tonight?

[@jointhefun4]

Me

[@rossallan3585]

I am a tavern. Probably. I can’t actually prove that.

[@ragnarthered2179]

They all closed down or turned into gastro-pubs. 😂

[@prettypuff1]

MEEEE

[@neoAREAXIS]

I'm in Australia so I'm in the future. It was fun for like a minute til I got home. Now my brain hurts and I'm eating just bacon and can't find my glasses. 🎉

[@papabird4425]

Ryebread, cheese, and ale sounds like a dope breakfast

[@mrtrollnator123]

💀

[@Badgerlust]

Yeah into you get ergot poisoning

[@papabird4425]

@@Badgerlust there's no ergot in my food. I'm talking about eating this in 2024.

[@MrYossarianuk]

​@@Badgerlustand trip for days

[@reme7903]

I've had that for breakfast many times. Rye bread is my favorite.

[@janerkenbrack3373]

It is worth remembering that making alcoholic beverages such as beer and cider were ways of using produce that would otherwise go to waste. These were ways of getting and using the caloric content of grains and fruits, and were consumed as a dietary necessity to provide energy. Even into the 19th century we see people consuming beer for breakfast and during breaks to get energy for work - which was mostly manual labor. In the US for example, pale beer (with lower alcohol content) was served at breakfast to farm hands during those years. Our ability to preserve foods has dramatically changed in the last century and a half.

[@hollieBlu303]

If you remember that steeple-jack that used to be on TV (UK) Frank Dibnah (....think that's his name) the practice didn't stop until the early 90s 😂 ...at least in the North of England if you were scaling REALLY tall buildings with no safety gear!

[@zugarmagik666]

cool comment, didn't know this

[@ZolaClyde]

Cool info, thanks! I thought it also had something to do with the availability of potable water? But that might’ve been well before the Middle Ages. I can’t even remember where that, it might be old or incorrect, so… hmmm. Now I need to Google it.

[@shupichii9647]

Hard disagree. Ive made my own wine, ale, beer and mead. Even Champaigne and lived on the streets for a few years. Alcohol like other narcs are worth $$$. They were used to barter. Alcohol has sterilization properties if strong enough. (Hence why they thought it healed.) If the alcohol was made with honey its greatly increased and carries antibodies in it that are beneficial for human health. Rotten/unusable things in the fermentation process will *literally* unalive people -speaking as someone who has brewed their own alcohol before. They even said it in the video... "People were paid in alcohol" it directly had a value. Itd be the same if society as we know it ended. MJ, Beer, ect, medicinal items all worth 'money' or "something" to someone. The thing with alcohol is its VERY cheap to make, depending on if its beer, wine or mead AND if the ingrediants are readily available, pretty much anyone can do it with access to fruit and/or yeast and water. What it DOES take is a VERY long time. 9mo to 1yr 6mo before it can be BOTTLED. Most need to sit 2-3 years for full flavor. Peasants had alot of time to do these things during harvest :D One still cannot take rotten or "unusable" things and add them in though. The fermentation process itself lets it rot in a controlled way. Specifically by feeding the bacteria you want and starving the ones you dont so they get out-competed. You clean your containers with a mild acid nowadays. If you dont, you can get people deathly sick and maybe even unalived. If you fail to properly clean the acid, people can ingest it and if its in strong enough concentration... It can melt their insides with chemicals. You have NO idea how much faith you put in the maker of your bottle of booze. xD Down the dodgey road, if you ever find Shine its customary for the person selling to drink first- Because nobody is gona drink from a source they know to be tainted.

[@janerkenbrack3373]

@@ZolaClyde Water quality was also an issue.

[@josefnicholson1516]

Us Brits apparently never left the Medieval period when it comes to drinking

[@Cheeched]

Don't worry you're being replaced at a rapid pace now.

[@kevinj9517]

Or speaking

[@shanewallace2564]

Are you still working for ale?

[@TommyTumma]

And grooming

[@josefnicholson1516]

@@shanewallace2564 it certainly feels that way

[@seriously6649]

Thanks to you, I now know I don't drink too much. I was simply born at the wrong time.

[@bullschitt3666]

Same. Consuming half of your calories in beer doesn't make you an alcoholic, just a medieval peasant

[@rodolfosantana9015]

I would of drank myself to death

[@ruusteriv]

Not gonna lie, I'm in the same boat despite not even being able to legally purchase it lmfao. I gotta cut back :(

[@jonvia]

Middle Ages: Let's find an excuse to drink heavy Modern day where I live: Let's find an excuse to drink heavy

[@punkinhoot]

A Tbsp of gin per 8 ounces of water will keep you out of the washroom during a boil water advisory.

[@Mere-Lachaiselongue]

@@punkinhoot REALLY? SO FORESHOTS ARE USELESS?

[@friedrichjunzt]

Interesting! Makes one wonder how common the fetal alcohol syndrome was over the centuries. Would explain an awful lot of the weirdness going on in medieval times

[@herodotus945]

Medieval beverages like wine and beer had lower alcohol content than modern wine and beer, so there wasn't much problem with fetal alcohol syndrome. And of course, medieval people drank water all the time because, contrary to what myths claim, water was safe and normal.

[@Firestar-TV]

,,I'm going to fight the Snail🥴 I'M DOING IT!!!" ,,Brother, those Illustrations are only fictional, for Fun" ,,YOU CAN'T STOP ME!!!🥴"

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

​@herodotus945 Well. Safe-ish anyway. Always a few nasties hanging out in the stuff, but if your immune system was used to the local nasties you probably would be fine, or at least not sick enough to have symptoms anyway.

[@dmgroberts5471]

@@herodotus945 I mean, if you have a good well, yes. If it's river water, then you're asking for dysentery.

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

@@snapdragon6601 Considering it's not a genetic disorder, I doubt it had much of an effect on the gene pool at all

[@Rotary_Phone]

As an alcoholic this sounds like a fantasy dream to me. They really knew how to live it up back then!

[@Nick-b7b9s]

@@Rotary_Phone the ale was mostly 3% acl. and only drunk because the water was filthy...for a modest sum we can drink better than the aristocracy at that time

[@TheTrueSolesurvivor]

@@Nick-b7b9s I think for an alcoholic it´s less about the quality of the drinks rather than the acceptance and fact that the whole society is always drunk. (Spare time alcoholic myself)

[@phatyfruits2176]

My friend just died of cirrhosis. She was 32. It was the most brutal traumatic death. Go get help for your childhoods I beg you

[@Scott-po6go]

I was born about 800 years too late. I would have fit right in.

[@JaylaStarr]

Same! lol

[@clonetrooper71]

Would've => Would have

[@d_all_in]

Would've

[@Ccyawn123]

Woulda

[@treystephens6166]

I think BEETLEJUICE was around then 🍺

[@janetgraham-russell4476]

I hear that Americans who spend time in the UK are surprised by our drinking culture. We've obviously cut down over the years, but it's still important.

[@ggsilik]

As a Wisconsinite, your people couldn't even keep us imbibed for one measly Packers game 😂

[@susanpage8315]

When I visited Northern Ireland I liked the drinking culture, even though I was not a heavy drinker. The real pubs are amazing; more like a local meeting spot than our bars (which I never go to because they are just sad). Even my 14-yr-old son was given light shandies. He loved that!

[@janetgraham-russell4476]

@@susanpage8315 LOL. Basically, every celebration has alcohol attached to it, even kids' parties - for thr grown ups ofcourse.

[@benjamindover2601]

I genuinely believe the Average Brit could outdrink 4 average Americans.

[@GreenHotDogz]

I'd be an alcoholic too if I lived somewhere where it's common to rain at least 3-4 times a week 😬

[@Drew206619]

Medieval madness makes my Friday so much sweeter .. CHEERS ! 🍻

[@chocolar0074]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾😂😂😂

[@alsadie-y3s]

People always talk about the resilience of our ancestors in miserable times but i think it was directly related to all the alcohol and later the otc morphine they had on hand.

[@rodolfosantana9015]

Damn

[@00M13-m9f]

@@alsadie-y3s People's minds are warped by the effects of moralization and puritanism on the culture. Nature has provided us with many blessings, and stupid people are incapable of comprehending that Nature is Alive and Conscious

[@Sniperboy5551]

I wish we still had OTC morphine, or at least my back does 😂

[@danielsmokesmids]

i mean we’re poorer than the french were before the revolution and we live longer lives. i think we’re more resilient

[@becky2235]

I know the feeling but I wouldn't wish opiate withdrawal on anyone!​@@Sniperboy5551

[@picklefromhell]

That makes me wonder, did alcoholism of our ancestors impact us as a population?

[@spunkysparks1779]

Its probably why civilization is rapidly progressing these days.

[@judywhaley5092]

I had a similar thought/question. Although my question was about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. How did that affect future generations as well as their own progeny?

[@willlasdf123]

It's probably why there is some minor genetic selection for alcohol tolerance in populations that have had long traditions of alcohol consumption. Which is interesting since real drinking cultures across Eurasia are at oldest like ~2500 years old with earlier Bronze Age alcohol being pretty different from what Middle East, Greek, and Roman dudes would get fucked up with lol. Otherwise that's a super small period of any natural selection other than stuff induced from like truly cataclysmic plagues that fundamentally change a population

[@mrkshply]

I think we invented alcoholism because workers weren't productive enough drunk. So they declared a major part of pre-industrial cultures around the world, a sickness

[@mrkshply]

I think we invented alcoholism. Workers weren't productive enough drunk so they declared a major part of pre-industrial cultures around the world, a sickness.

[@hbrotha1866]

Alcohol is a powerful drug and has caused me mental and physical problems. Currently staying sober and living life without having the “buzz”. First thing I noticed when stopping was no more brain fog or headaches and also my sleep improved. Whoever is struggling I pray for you and your recovery.

[@ganymedekaramazenes9273]

Opioids have entered the chat

[@pistolpete8383]

Quitter

[@JM-yx1lm]

So you decide to come watch videos about others getting drunk? Good luck buddy. Seems like you're gonna need it.

[@ColdHeartBands]

Aye man alcohol is amazing especially if ypu have McDonald's to ear after 😂😂❤ good luck 2 ya tho I'm twisted right now feeling amazing twin

[@karamedley6229]

​@@ganymedekaramazenes9273 Sweet! lol

[@yoptastic8463]

Thank you very much for this video and our weekly dose of Medieval life and a topic that perhaps has touched us all at some time or another in many different ways! Since this is a Bank Holiday Weekend and I live on Yorkshire's East Coast UK, I can honestly say that right now it's busy in town in the Pubs tonight and will be all Weekend as this is Summers last proper Weekend it will be mad with Tourists that like to drink, so I will be avoiding town as there's often trouble with those who have drunk too much! It seems though that we have been doing that throughout History. As one though that has been through Domestic Abuse due to Alcohol and Drug Misuse on their part it made me pause for thought after your video about the countless women in History that was beaten on account of a drunken spouse and had no help at all, at least I did so it makes me more grateful for that help and our local Police were really good with me and took me seriously when finally reported the abuse. 😊❤🍻🥂🥃🍸🍷🍾

[@cht2162]

Great insight. Me, too.

[@johnreed8336]

Hope things are on the up for you and life is much brighter .

[@beebeelicious]

Watched since the start of your channel and still loving your videos ❤.

[@JaylaStarr]

So glad they didn’t switch to ai pictures like others have done

[@JaylaStarr]

Dang I spoke too soon lol

[@ruthbashford3176]

You can't blame people for being sozzled most of the time, life must have been horrendous for everyone, even the rich, in those days. 'nasty, brutal and short'

[@JamezMorrizProjectz]

Maybe that had something to do with it

[@fish4666]

Nothing like discovering your ancestor killed himself accidentally while drunk on a random youtube video. Liked and Subscribed.

[@james.s7133]

Which one are you related to? 🤔

[@eleannakritikaki4811]

I love the background music in these videos !!

[@lion-667]

I love the pictures they are amusing especially the wench.

[@valentinkambushev4968]

Considering how dangerous water was back then, the consumption of so much alchohol isn't surprising.

[@Jasonmakesvideo]

Who is banging the alcohol ?!😂😂😂

[@Omni_Shambles]

People drank alcohol at work all day everyday up to the 1990's. . .

[@h0rriphic]

@@Omni_Shamblesyeah, however in the past century it has been more of a two-martini-lunch situation than drinking booze in lieu of water

[@RogueReplicant]

* consumption

[@tuckerprice5521]

@@RogueReplicant That too.

[@fredrikjohansson7172]

Cheers mate, did just find you here and happy to do that! All the best from Sweden.

[@AllseeingEwe]

7:37 The wheels on the funeral cart go Gabumf Gabumf Gabumf... all through the town

[@samiam619]

“Bring out yer Dead!”

[@danielkokal8819]

@@samiam619 " I'm getting better "

[@AbstractZombie-ed8fj]

Middle Ages person: I got out of bed this morning! It's time for a celebration! Bring the drink!😂

[@axisboss1654]

Modern Eastern Europe: the same

[@PamelaTurnbull-s2k]

I bloody love this channel.

[@Necessary_Information]

Wait so y’all don’t drink all day every day This is concerning news

[@SuperBizzle10]

medieval Britain sounds like a modern day night out at a Weatherspoons 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@khaos_queen]

The way medievals drank doesn't sound any different to how Brits drink today let's be real. This coming from a Brit lmao.

[@seebybermo9167]

Don’t leave us Australians out of this 😊

[@ReaperCH90]

Except that the alcoholic beverages in the middle ages were weaker

[@overtimedemo4399]

The words of sir John Fortescue make me chuckle, "The English peasantry drank no water unless it be for devotion" very funny quote

[@davidlynch9049]

​@@ReaperCH90Yes, I think this valid point should have been emphasized. I read the beer was 2%. I guess you could still get intoxicated on that if you were drinking great quantities of it.

[@davidlynch9049]

​@@ReaperCH90Yes, I think this valid point should have been emphasized. I read the beer was 2%. I guess you could still get intoxicated on that if you were drinking great quantities of it.

[@EastSideDoubleWide]

The man takes the drink, then the drink takes the man! I drank from as soon as my feet hit the floor at 4am to when I curled up for the night at 10pm every day, finishing a 750ml of heaven hill every 2ish days mixxing with sweet tea and doing shots all day. Wrecked my stomach, health and many chances at a variety of things available to me. Lucky to say I was able to stop and havnt had the issue in a few years. Still have me self a brew or glass of red wine every few months.

[@ThePhantomPain1029]

Love your videos man Keep it up :)

[@sarahbritt1234]

I love this channel. Thanks!

[@zockercam8122]

0:01 I mean where i live (south tyrol) we still do that. We drink on weddings, after funerals, after an apprenticeship and on business talks (depending on what kind)

[@miletic.]

Ich war einmal in Südtirol und Kärnten (skifahren), ich vermisse euch sehr, ehrlich zu sein. Wunderschöne Leute und Essen!

[@zockercam8122]

@@miletic. komm gerne wieder 🖐

[@deraudax7887]

Machen wir in der Schweiz genau so, grüsse aus dem schönen Mittelland

[@tomaskoupil5994]

Greetings from Czech neighbours. It is perfectly normal to have a beer when you go for lunch during your lunch break at work😅

[@spiritualbliss7855]

After funerals is tough lol

[@emilien.]

I quit drinking before my middle ages, but I would fully participate in drinking in the Middle Ages given the options! That is, if I lived long enough to even reach my middle ages.🍻🍷

[@ZolaClyde]

༄(๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)🍻🍷

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

If you made it to adulthood you probably would. The low average lifespan was mostly due to extremely high child mortality pulling the average down

[@nansnortedmyket]

Fun fact: alcoholism in Britain was so bad in Victorian times that the government thought opium might be a better alternative. The main reason was all the deaths at work. Similar to the USA, the amount of deaths and accidents at work due to alcohol is what made many want it banned entirely. We seem to have a genetic pre-disposal to get drunk whenever we can 🍺🍺🍺

[@ethervagabond]

I think that humans are predisposed to seek altered states of consciousness in any form. It's just a shame that the only one that's really socially acceptable is also the one that causes (some) people to become violent, reckless, and irresponsible. And is also one of the worst for our health in the case of long term use.

[@williamd1891]

Fun fact: Because of the beauty of their women and flavor of their cuisine, British men became the best sailors in the world.

[@irishboer7124]

The US was founded by dry taliban like puritans, it`s an odd country.

[@mistag3860]

@@williamd1891 And still had a rum ration from the Royal Navy, and got pissed at least once a day on grog, making it easier to forget.

[@Aaron-kg9rf]

Victorian factory owners forcing people to work gruelling hours with dangerous machinery for a pittance, then blaming them for being drunk when they get injured sounds about right.

[@AlexDuggan68]

In the novel, We Appy Few, they take magic mushrooms before the battle of Agincourt. Its very funny.

[@spencer963]

'falling on his knife' sounds like a popular coverup excuse

[@ScubaStephen]

I love the artwork you chose for this video, especially the bedroom chambers at 1:50 such a vibe.

[@janronschke7525]

Imagine no decent painkillers, feudes and war all the time, bad insulation/heating, hard labour, no freedome just monarchy, inhumane morals forced upon the people by religion and the only thing you can do is drink to lessen the harsh reality of life. People must have been sloshed out of their minds all the time they could afford it.

[@gratje420]

The hangovers would be insane

[@andrewlauder3043]

Sounds like the u.k today

[@TerryClarkAccordioncrazy]

Why wouldn't you get drunk when life is so hopeless?

[@janronschke7525]

@@andrewlauder3043 Well, cheers and prost from germany!

[@nankosa82]

​@@TerryClarkAccordioncrazylife wasn't hopeless. These were Catholic happy people and England was called Merry England!!😅

[@gregmathews715]

In towns, small beer was a way of drinking uncontaminated water, even children drank it

[@plr2473]

The image at 1:32 is taken from a Magic the Gathering trading card. Lol. It's the Edgewall Innkeeper released in the Throne of Eldraine set.

[@FourteenWords-n4l]

The monks of Buckfast Abbey. Lol RIP Colin.

[@davidkos74]

I’ve always wondered how they recovered from their hangovers and dehydration as fresh water could be scarce

[@TerryClarkAccordioncrazy]

Now there's an important question as our go-to now is the morning cup of tea.

[@merlapittman5034]

Considering that I'm sitting here drinking a rum punch, this is certainly an appropriate video! 😁

[@kellyshomemadekitchen]

Right! Just like the martini I’m having while watching lol.

[@nathanielovaughn2145]

Cheers!

[@rodolfosantana9015]

Lucky . I can drink anymore so have one for me

[@T--xk3hf]

OK, Mary Poppins

[@chrisschaeffer9661]

When I drank 24/7 the Judge made me go to Treatment??!!! Myaaan

[@Janoy_Cresva]

The process of brewing and fermentation also provided cleaner drinks when water was often not safe to consume

[@ScubaStephen]

This is still true when visiting third world countries, it's actually recommended that you drink beer over water in a lot of places, haha. Don't mind if I do!

[@AsbestosEnjoyer]

A big thing is too that even if you were to drink like 2 litres of 2,5% beer per day (which would be the very upper limit of beer that you'd drink commonly) that is the equivelant of 1½ shots of 80 proof liquour, spread throughout your day

[@Pearls_Have_Eyes]

would honestly love it if some brewers started offering options around that percentage

[@johngalt97]

@@Pearls_Have_Eyes After the first draining of the mash, it was common to make another batch with the same mash, rehydrated, then called 'small' beer, which had a lower alcohol content and weaker flavor.

[@fredlabosch5164]

Your shots are obviously _very_ generous, mate...

[@mountainman066]

2 litres a day as a very upper limit?? 🤔 I’d say 5+

[@workingorder2189]

Watching this while drinking a european beer.

[@chloedevlin6544]

If you drink enough beer, European every five minutes ^_~

[@kkupsky6321]

As a former opium user I can say vodka has taken over where tobacco has left off. Nothing has changed. We are just the same.

[@kingkong81icloud]

Opium? I been on heroin not not opium, in fact I have had opium tea ,

[@kkupsky6321]

@@kingkong81icloud They don’t make it like they used to… used to get opium back in the day tho. Ugh. So it goes

[@kingkong81icloud]

@@kkupsky6321 I make it myself some summers , this year I didn’t grow any poppies, but they still pop up every year in my area all my seeds blew down the road , their was opium poppies in everyone’s garden in was having to steal them all back for seeds an pods , am going to plant a field of them next year an collect as much as I can , Afghanistan poppies

[@becky2235]

​@@kkupsky6321I've had issues with opiates but never had opium. Did you end up having to detox from the opium? Thanks

[@blc28x]

Some things never change. I heard you say several things about these peoples lives that remind me of us as people today. Its crazy to think about and it humanizes history. Lovely ❤

[@Princess_Paranormal]

I bet a tavern was a dive bars dream.

[@danuk2136]

Technically the dive bar would be the taverners dream

[@Princess_Paranormal]

@@danuk2136 dive bars are hipster hang outs, the worse they are the better.

[@gerhard6105]

Nice video. I am from the Dutch city of Haarlem (150.000 inhabitants). We had one time 60 breweries in the city. This because they could use the water that came from the nearby dunes. One receipt of these times of such a brewery was found about 30 years ago. So Haarlem has a brewery again and its name is Jopen. So we have Jopen bier/beer. Wikipedia The brewery is in an old church.

[@stevenc6705]

The most common means of death for my ancestors: hangover.

[@marce4241]

more like alcohol withdrawel

[@KC-gy5xw]

I'd rather drink the weak ale than the water.. Tea was a revolution, meaning people didn't need to drink ale all day.

[@JaylaStarr]

Coffee also

[@KC-gy5xw]

@@JaylaStarr Been listening to something on BBC Radio Four lately, which maid the point that Tea was easier to make in the home than coffee, which was usually only partaken of at coffee houses, so Tea had more of an effect within the home. Very interesting listen.

[@JaylaStarr]

@@KC-gy5xw yes coffee was definitely a social drink for those who didn’t partake in alcoholic drinks… penny university’s I believe was a saying, I’d have to google it but yea

[@Riceslayerrr]

I have heard this before, but if the water was still dangerous, how would tea make it anymore safe?

[@neoAREAXIS]

Boiled water, it's sterilized too. Blooming rich bastards

[@markanderson3870]

Thanks for the video. Now I feel better about, ahem, habits.

[@Sr19769p]

😂. Same!

[@HaleyOnTheRocks]

Oh my goodness thank you I’ve needed this so bad

[@warden5962]

It’s a common myth that they mostly drank alcoholic beverages during medieval times. They actually drank a lot of water. That most people still believe this myth is jaw dropping to say the least

[@Enki-nt9bf]

It was a lot of lower proof, more viscous beverages.

[@thepinballzone]

Medievil Madness is a great pinball machine

[@IndustrialBonecraft]

BEER IS GOOD! BEER IS GOOD! BEER IS GOOD! AND STUFF!

[@DayMan..]

Chimichanga every day ! Chimichanga every day ! I don’t care what my Dr say !

[@zertilus]

After abstaining from alcohol until I was 29, and starting, I can literally justify each one of those things you said in the intro as a cause of drinking haha. Fighting, surviving, being all that stuff and more are hallmarks of getting drunk in my opinion

[@andrewsparks-pb5kn]

1:34 is a Magic the Gathering card. “Edgewall Inkeeper”

[@MrSuperdelf]

Awesome card when it was standard legal

[@andrewsparks-pb5kn]

@@MrSuperdelf oh, yea definitely. That card slaps. Good for ramping.

[@k31than]

@0:22 LOL Couldn't help but think that that's actually the reason why they're at war, and constantly at it, I might add. It's because they're always under the influence. Alcohol had a part on every poor judgement (or lack thereof) and the decision they made. Hence, they tend to resort to killing in the name of the king and whatnot when it comes to dealing with neighboring lands, particularly foreign ones.

[@MyriamRichardsdotter]

Well... the water wasn't safe to drink in most places.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

1:24 NO BAR MAID like her then OR now!!

[@tricivenola8164]

Am I glad that I was born after the advent of 12-step programs. Alcoholics are mostly born, not made. Normal people know when to quit, but 1 in 10 of us has no stop button. And an alcoholic with no alcohol and no program is like a person with no blood in the veins.

[@tver84]

Many who become alcoholics are "normal" people. It's not all genetics. Anyone can become addicted. And your number as in 1 in 10 knows when to stop? Sure, we'll see after the second drink, you'd be surprised.

[@ruvanefriebus-cv6td]

Absolutely hammered

[@SnarkyRC]

As terrible as the Middle Ages were, I’d be drunk all the time also.

[@gavinbremer2907]

The middle ages weren't that bad. Mostly it was bad if you were conscripted in a war or needed to have a surgery, also if you loved to read or write.

[@ScubaStephen]

Gotta keep yourself sterilized haha

[@hirampriggott1689]

I was in the middle of doing research on French medieval wine and I found myself here.🤣

[@pts13miffy16]

Im going to have a beer

[@peter_piper]

Nice video. Surprised you don't mention that in those times, small ale (i.e. very weak) was drunk regularly all day instead of polluted water.

[@RoninvdW]

3:20 Kartoffel salat? I don't think there were potatoes available in medieval Europe.

[@Stroke-it-2-Handed]

Exactly. Nothing of the sort until the Columbian Exchange.

[@TravisCotter]

If I found myself in the Middle Ages I would most certainly get drunk. Mr. X

[@Lisa59]

I read somewhere that the alcohol content of ale was a lot lower than today. The water was so contaminated that it was safer to drink the ale.

[@tuckerprice5521]

It would need a decent amount of alcohol for it to be safer than the water they had, though. That's what kept the bacteria and parasites from being able to live in booze and thus what made it "safer than drinking the water" back then.

[@hiramesensei3112]

first part is correct, second part is wrong

[@hiramesensei3112]

@@tuckerprice5521 wrong. you would need to be drinking hard liquor for that to be true. water was the most common drink. beer was "safer" only because it was boiled during brewing.

[@herodotus945]

That is just a myth, water was perfectly safe to drink and they had many sources for clean water like wells. They drank alcohol simply because it was fun. From what exactly it would be contaminated it not even the industrial revolution happened ?

[@iBullyDemons]

Not true.

[@najierpatel9404]

clearly this man has never worked a blue collar job, we still drink.

[@spazmonkey3815]

You stated that they didn't really need an excuse. Their excuse was the quality of the water. It was necessary to drink alcohol, better drunk then dying from cholera.

[@d_all_in]

Than

[@hiramesensei3112]

absolutely wrong

[@Young.Simo01]

@@d_all_inthey only mistyped that word, go get a job, weirdo

[@Kevin-mx1vi]

Indeed. Beer was brewed mostly so they had something safe to drink. It was usually quite weak, not like the rocket fuel stuff that's fashionable today.

[@aldeuce9106]

Not so. The majority of people lived in rural areas. Water was fine there (and probably in the towns most of the times), drink was taken out of choice.

[@WilliamDavis-bd4qp]

King Edward II had been dead for 3 years in 1330. How could he rule on anything???? (2:59)

[@Contessa6363]

Damn I needed that birthing drink!!!

[@deejagers716]

this is really nice video.. its a intresting to know how people live before, but with so much details

[@chrisbarry9345]

They consumes like 2% ABV. They legit had to drink all day to have any chance of getting a buzz

[@boyznthewoodz770]

2% is about half as strong as lager. Don’t really have to drink all that much. not to mention you only eat like once a day so there’s nothing to counteract the alcohol.

[@manager6461]

Lol what do you mean? Try working outside all day; imagine how much water you drink and now imagine that in low abv beer

[@tubekulose]

@@boyznthewoodz770 Why would one only eat once a day? This might apply to some people that have an office job today and are not used to manual labour.

[@malaquiasalfaro81]

@@tubekulosebecause many laborers were peasants

[@tubekulose]

@@malaquiasalfaro81 Exactly. They had plenty to eat from the early up to late middle ages unlike a lot of urban citizens of the late middle ages. Andrej Pfeiffer-Perkuhn is only one of many historians, who are working very hard to dispel the old myth of starving peasants during the middle ages. Were they wealthy? No, the were not. Were they free? No, in most cases not. But on the other hand most of them had not to suffer from hunger by any means. Issues like that are rather a phenomenon of the early modern era.

[@sheac5185]

"Oh yeah, he fell on his knife, officer. It was crazy"

[@steveclark5357]

I'm getting wasted now

[@DavidValdezBigWaveDave]

Def Leppard!!! 🤘

[@rapistincel]

I quit after last night

[@lz8703]

Good man!

[@Zeuskazoo]

I’ve been waiting for this topic..

[@tispre]

The AI slop art is AI slop. Hoping it’s not a new part of your repertoire. It’s just bad. Makes the video look cheap and the images are now not worth engaging with.

[@agenticmark]

Don't know what you are on about. Must be a "graphic" designer. Stop crying and make your own videos. Ai images might be slop. But it sounds like you are human slop.

[@Soils9000]

I love this channel! Really fun video!

[@jasondashney]

3:45 "over 500 gallons of ale were made per year." Is that supposed to sound like a large number? That's only about 6 L per day. If they were open for eight hours a day, that would be less than a litre per hour of production.

[@mikeveis6393]

Red, Red Wine, like the song by UB40. (1984)

[@reppepper]

It doesn’t beg the question. It raises the question. Begging the question refers to circular reasoning.

[@Lisa59]

I still like this idiom

[@TheFlual22]

I think that drinking during work was still a thing for many people 30-40 years ago. In the 60s, 70s and even in the 80s it was common for most people to have a couple of drinks during work. Even 10 years ago most construction workers were drunk at the end of the workday.

[@surfNturf904]

Damn it! Hes started using AI animation

[@lz8703]

Unfortunately

[@babbybailey]

You had me at "getting wasted.."

[@toddsmith1617]

😂

[@michaelthomey8379]

Making alcohol was the way people purified water...The first building the pilgrims built was a brewery..

[@Agameda1]

And Chaucer's pilgrims met in a Southwark tavern before going off to Canterbury

[@stephaniecorporandy7018]

You answer the best questions!

[@NameNameName0]

I've enjoyed your content for quite some time. I must say the insertion of AI images is jarring to say the least. They look inorganic and out of place. Other than that keep up the good work!

[@chemloaf3020]

Lately I've been wondering how we are supposed to function without being hammered all day.....

[@mrkshply]

Wow no wonder the industrial revolution didn't happen until coffee became available in mass

[@MyriamRichardsdotter]

hmmm... maybe it's a conspiracy! 😆🤔

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

NOW look at the dour shithole we live in.

[@baddog6003]

Has nothing to do with it

[@tseekmin]

Great video and narration

[@buc6780]

Is it true that people drank more ale than water because of the quality of the last one? It surprises me because I thought villages were built near water streams which are supposed to be clear right?

[@dorismahoney1440]

Didn't ppl poop in there etc.?

[@rottingsun]

@@dorismahoney1440lmao yes

[@hiramesensei3112]

completely false. yea they drank a lot of beer but they drank water too and were very concerned about having clean water

[@lz8703]

Most civilizations (most not all) didn’t understand the concept of keeping your drinking water away from your sewage or trash. No germ theory either

[@herodotus945]

@@dorismahoney1440 They did not , in villages they used their poop as manure.

[@JoeH-vr5kt]

Bucket of ale for finishing the shift is more than i get

[@judywhaley5092]

How was it that there children were not affected by Fetal Alcohol Syndrome? Or were they?

[@allisonhemmings9290]

That’s what I was wondering too

[@herodotus945]

Because medieval people did drank water more often than alcohol, and alcoholic drinks had lower alcohol percentage than modern drinks do.

[@goodnightmyprince6734]

Booze probably was weaker then than now

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Today we have Smartphone Dullard Syndrome that affects about 100 percent of everyone.

[@billsadler3]

ALL of Shakespeare's troops plays, and most of the sonnets, were composed, so to speak, in ale houses and pubs. That was an early example of a '"test audience" There were no cafes or tea houses until the 1650's anywhere in England. I did visit one tea house/cafe in Stratford on Avon, 500 years after the troop's pub gigs. I retired from public school English teaching last year. A book about the creative and development process behind the Shakespeare canon is in the works, I promise publication before too long. (August 2024 today)

[@dionvandenberg]

What's up with all the AI generated images? Kind of a let down, to be honest.

[@lz8703]

Ai generated images are crap. Can’t understand why anyone uses them

[@agenticmark]

Feel free to spend your time making art for free for KZbinrs so you can stop crying.

[@dionvandenberg]

@@agenticmark ah yes, because there's absolutely no option inbetween, right? Because KZbin only really became a thing after the introduction of AI, as we all know.

[@kelleyhyde643]

The lifestyle described here sounds nearly identical to how it was for us on the B shift back in '91😂