Strange Sleeping Customs of the Middle Ages

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

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[@Geotonrike]

Real Crusades History hello 👋 I love your videos! Can you make one about Georgian crusade pls? “Battle of Didgori”

[@joeturner1597]

@Cray Fishe Go to the Weald & Downland museum knobhead.

[@donnacruse3117]

Loved this video. Would like to hear more..

[@georgiaatkins3770]

Medieval people also probably slept together because it was warmer. "Body heat." Especially the poor, but even the rich, those large castles, mansions, halls, etc were stone, cold and drafty.

[@georgegreenberg3784]

If. You married your horse where did. You sleep

[@rogerengland2821]

Hence the old saying ; "You have strange bedfellows." Referring to the people you associate with.

[@rogerengland2821]

@Amaji Raines The strangest bedfellows you can find sir.

[@chrisdooley6468]

I could listen to you talk about the Middle Ages for hours. One of my favorite periods in history next to Ancient Rome and dynastic Egypt

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@albertatrafficante4261]

I have to admit that friends that you have shared a room with for sleeping seems to be the closest friends or you become closer if you weren't before. Maybe that's why sleepovers are so cool when you are a child.

[@eathealthier4u]

Actually "sleepovers" among friends do make you feel closer, you share stories, share confidences, and just talk, which we in our busy society don't have time for. Those sleepovers are special...I'm talking adults too - bbqs where people bring their tents and even though you don't "sleep" together, you talk around the fire far into the night!.....

[@azariasthelast]

I very much misinterpreted the meaning of the title of this video.

[@fairenough7984]

I'm sure you weren't the only one, lol

[@metfreak100]

Why else do you think the video garnered 240000 views?😂

[@azariasthelast]

metfreak100 Click bait!

[@VeraDonna]

I'm glad I'm not the only one.

[@estefaniaboujon6830]

@@azariasthelast a very classy clickbait

[@MegCazalet]

Our concept of privacy really didn’t develop until the 18th century, and I think it had a LOT to do with the Industrial Revolution and the rise of Consumerism and the idea of personal belongings, which emerged alongside the development of the personal space in architecture and personal taste and self-expression in decor. It’s so fascinating to look not only at how people lived but how people *thought* about how they lived, and I like how you discussed that. Just discovered this channel, really cool!

[@rogerhoke9725]

Personal belongings is an idea far older than the 17th century. I don’t know if you were implying that it isn’t.

[@darken2417]

I really enjoy the point about wealthy peasants. It seems almost as though that little tidbit has been wiped from the history books. Wouldn't mind an in-depth video on this aspect of medieval society.

[@nathanbyrnes2189]

actually I believe he has a video on that subject

[@TheWazzoGames]

Whats the name of it?

[@carolynwright2132]

Thinking it was after all the plagues went through ,the feudal system broke down as there were no workers for that matter no status quo and those that did survive worked for themselves and were valuable as labourers,rich ! Just my general knowledge which isn't vast nor educated lol could be corrected .

[@neiljohnson6815]

Remember that "peasant" had no negative connotations. It simply meant a person who lived in the country.

[@MSOGameShow]

That's because we forget that "peasant" is just synonymous with "commoner" and doesn't necessarily have to refer to wealth.

[@noble3784]

I find it interesting that young children even today consider having a "sleep over" with their friends as one of the most sublime events in their life.

[@thedarkmaster4747]

Same here. 👍

[@ScottJB]

Nolan True! As a kid we love sleeping with friends and possibly siblings and cousins, etc. Seems like we're naturally predisposed to prefer that. As we grow older (nowadays) we grow to prefer solitude and privacy but that might be nurture (in this case, modern individualist culture) overtaking nature.

[@JS-wv3iy]

@@niyah7139 it still happened, it wasnt considered as wrong as it is today though... young teen girls were married off to older men often and people still didnt tend to speak on it when familial molestation happened

[@ALPHAROYCE]

Scott Butler so true

[@d4n4nable]

@@niyah7139 It almost certainly happened even more often.

[@hamnchee]

Fascinating and a little frightening to think how much we have separated ourselves from such a basic and natural social fabric.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Thanks for the thought provoking comment.

[@justinmayfield6579]

And we continue to separate further with screens. VR might be scary for us.

[@amerloc210]

So the phrase "..in bed with..." may not be as lewd as we moderns think. Interesting

[@htoodoh5770]

Well depend on the context.

[@gretashapiro4118]

Exactly

[@melissajackson79]

No, because like he said they were expensive and early on they had one big room or hall so to have several beds around would not have made much sense, people with smaller homes wouldn't have had room and those with big halls would only have been concerned with family and since the time of tribal behavior they pretty much curled up together for warmth and protection and it wasn't really on their minds to stop doing that, I imagine that it would have been uncomfortable for them to do it and those with small children wanted to keep them close. When my baby was small I kept her bassanette right up against my bed so I could scoot up on an elbow and look at her and just reach over and touch her, cover her back up. I had a hard time wanting her in a room. I figured most moms feel that way for a while.

[@melissajackson79]

@Cray Fishe actually, if you did the research yourself, you'd find he is right on the money and if you paid attention you would notice that he cites his sources. You are a hate monger.

[@Eli-ts3ph]

@Cray Fishe If you study this period of history you would find exactly what he is describing.

[@texaspeashooter1587]

My father was brought up in the East Texas pinney woods in the 1930's. They lived in a one room shack, basically. He had one brother and 6 sisters plus his parents. This shack was approimatly 12x14 divided with wire from wall to wall, and sheets of fabric hanging on the wire for privacy. . Thier beds we're pallets of straw and sometimes feathers. They didn't have beds either? I'm talking just 80 years ago?! I'm listening to you talking about the middle ages! Things haven't changed as much as people believe I guess

[@sabias3932]

Dang how old are you

[@KimSearch865]

Sabia S Oooh my gosh! He’s as old as the hills! Just like you will be someday. Oooh! 👵🏼

[@teutonalex]

I lived like that in the navy

[@DavidKD2050]

I’m more than happy with our current sleeping arrangements thanks very much.

[@altitudeiseverything3163]

David Dark - Life then must have been hell for introverts! 😒

[@colleeninprayer1498]

Yes me too lol

[@bcaye]

Agree, I am very much a hermit.

[@KrinchiD]

I sleep like a starfish and love it.

[@andresvaldes5568]

@@bcaye With that cat picture I might just believe you. Lonely cat ladies....

[@ms.lisamurphy269]

I slept with my twin (same bed/same room) from birth until my early teens when we each finally got our own rooms. So sleeping alone did not come natural to me. Even after we had our own rooms we'd huddle on one or the others bed to watch TV or just chit chat. (our talking through the walls irked my parents "be quiet & go to sleep!!")

[@GoldenHawk_]

I'm a twin as well, same story with my brother. Took us a little time to get used to sleeping alone. We still interact before we go to our separate sleeping quarters. Almost like we still are not used to it.

[@ms.lisamurphy269]

@@GoldenHawk_ 😊

[@chadsknnr]

I am pleased that Real Crusades History has been moving beyond its Christian modesty in recent videos to talk about subjects like this. Little human details like this are what truly inform the modern audience of what life was really like in the past. It shows us, the 21rst century human, just how similar, and just how alien, humans can and always have been . . . .

[@anthonyhargis6855]

Thus the phrase: "They're in bed together."

[@anthonyhargis6855]

@james c Yes, we need no longer wonder where such phrases came from . . . J. just answered that question. LOL

[@anthonyhargis6855]

@King of Rome, & Earth We did it in the late fifties. BUT . . . what does that have to do with the origin of phrases?

[@abrahemsamander3967]

It’s so neat, I used to think it was an insult based on sexuality.

[@leonievw2466]

I think you could be right: it's natural for people to sleep together, looking back to our ancestors. I sleep much better with my dog in my bedroom then without the dog in the bedroom, perhaps some safety thing in the back of my mind?

[@servus_incognitus]

This is one of my favourite videos ever! Thank you so much for sharing so much info and sources!

[@BirdsAlwaysWin]

Please make more videos about the subtle nuances of everyday life during the Middle Ages.

[@kimberlyferguson7264]

The hotels during the “old west” had similar sleeping arrangements. One could pay for a room but that might mean sleeping on the floor with several other people in the same room. People never thought twice about the arrangements. It’s just the way it was.

[@Chris-pb3se]

Your channel rocks. I really enjoy the content and your delivery.

[@funniful]

This is probably where the term “in bed with” comes from, when talking about who is allied with whom. Example: Senator Smith is in bed with the mafia.

[@Erewhon2024]

Though governments do use honeytraps to compromise and control their targets. Swallwell was literally in bed (adultery) with a CCP spy.

[@laurenhall1070]

I think that whole concept makes sense. People weren't materialistic enough to give it a second thought. Humble to be healthy and well fed and warm. Plus, the more the merrier!

[@acalatusspacakulos3861]

All the snoring, gas, jimmy legs, hogging the pillows and blankets.... screw that!

[@aikanedelahay7143]

This type of sleeping existed in colonial America too. Accommodations were rare, so necessity dictated communal rooms to sleep in for travelers

[@arminiusofgermania]

In the book moby dick Ishmael's first encounter with queequeg was in bed. Imagine sleeping at a hotel and some random person walked in, layed down and started snoozing.

[@bonnielong5812]

Arminious, , that example also jumped into my head, too!

[@johnrooney507]

Experienced something similar with a S. Korean family I was traveling with, one room sleeping on blankets.

[@staceykersting705]

A family from Viet Nam That I knew moved into a wood floor apartment. They spread a blanket on the floor and mom, dad, son and daughter all slept on it and shared the same top blanket. Manners of royalty, but no furniture for 1st year they were state side.

[@oliviapalamara2108]

This honestly is a really good example of how dynamics were between people in the medieval ages. When individuals still heavily rely on the group for survival, and definitely comfort, of course their relationships would be intimate enough to share their sleeping spaces like this. Especially sharing beds with strangers is incredibly indicative to how society viewed its constituents.

[@christosvoskresye]

By the way, just over 20 years ago I spent the equivalent of $50 for just such an arrangement on Mt. Fuji. It was dry and comparatively warm.

[@YoungChunds]

A solid year of enjoying your channel, thanks bro. I especially like these videos where you give perspective on medieval life, like dating, hygiene, violence ect. Keep it up

[@catherinerobilliard7662]

My local pub used to be a Great Hall; you can still see a mark where the fire was in the middle of the floor. You can also tell the new fangled invention of the Tudor fireplace was an awkward add-on because the chimney bifurcates around a window.

[@jennifermcgoldrick6323]

Cath Robilliard cool, in what city is this?

[@catherinerobilliard7662]

@@jennifermcgoldrick6323 not city, just a small town in Somerset, and I know three Great Hall's open to the public in the area: Clevedon Court goes back to the Saxon period, a pub/restaurant called The Vicarage in Bridgwater (the mark on the floor is in the restaurant area) and the other is Fairfield in Stogursey, Nr Bridgwater built in 1166.

[@vivianc.7983]

That's very interesting! Hope I can visit this pub one day

[@craigrik2699]

Pacific Island and Maori custom sees everyone sleeping in the long house, your spot identified by you placing your sleeping gear there. This still happens now at Maori Marae, sure, most times its whanau or family and extended family however, visitors visiting for culture or business reasons will sleep there too.

[@herself50]

It’s true.. it’s all about community ... It’s even considered hospitality.

[@DeidreL9]

People miss touch now. Not sexual, not everything is sexual. Just the comforting touch or feel of someone with them. I wonder if it was much healthier for us all this to experience body contact when we are in such a vulnerable state. That said, I’d like to hear about any specific prohibitions or arrangements for menstruating or pregnant women. Especially given that sanitary products back then wouldnt have been anything like they are now. This channel is wonderful, keep it up!:)

[@Greymist73]

Beowulf also alludes to what you're saying with men sleeping in the mead hall of Heorot.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

I love Beowulf. I could read that thing every week and never get sick of it.

[@Macheako]

Most of history is about people just like us learning how to survive with FARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR LESS. Were just spoiled brats lol we aint some Uber Generation of men.

[@shane86ful]

Matt

[@glowinggold9488]

They live with far less because they had to It does not sound like a nice life. There is way to much over romanticism of this era.

[@TomLongusa]

They wouldn’t see it that way though...they would be thinking they had it so much better than the people that came before them, just as we do.

[@Lowiese]

We are an Uber generation. Uber taxi.

[@Macheako]

@@TomLongusa Yea....that HAD it so much better. I.E. They were GIVEN a better life. AKA: They have THEIR FATHERS to THANK for the BETTER LIFE they now are GRACED to live by those MEN and their HARD WORK. But that's not how we teach it anymore.

[@richardbenitez7803]

I remember reading in The Calamitous Century (14th ) by Barbara Tuchman that in France if you checked into a roadside inn you were assigned 2 to a bed. In Germany you were assigned 3 to a bed, “but that was because they were such pigs”. I laughed like crazy. I was surprised such a noted historian would use such language.

[@kaarlimakela3413]

'Politics makes strange bedfellows' must be an older saying than I thought.

[@tiffanyclark-grove1989]

Yep. In American pioneer days sharing your bed with guests was common too

[@connornicholas8628]

These newest videos of yours are all so fascinating.

[@j.munday7913]

I'm in my 40s and it was common for siblings to share beds when I was young. I guess even though bedrooms split up our community instinct it did also take a really long time to turn into "it's weird to sleep with anyone else in the same bed as you". (btw, my kids still like sharing a bed and they're in their teens/20s. its like super cuddle time)

[@kirkmorrison6131]

I tried a straw mattress once for a few days at a living history place at a special event. It was very comfortable. I understand that you needed to change the straw every few months. Just keep the ropes tight and locked down or you can find yourself hitting the floor suddenly, in the middle of the night!

[@carololiver2091]

Sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite!

[@kirkmorrison6131]

@@carololiver2091 lol thanks

[@mentoswatthehell]

Beautifull! thank you for this vid. the more we know about the medieval times.

[@pP-de5uj]

Wouldn't body heat contribute to the reason of sleeping together?

[@catherinerobilliard7662]

You know who got to sit the closest to the fire apart from the Lord and Lady of the Manor? The storyteller.

[@sabias3932]

Yeah he mentioned that

[@christinetemple7691]

Thank you so much for making History interesting and more alive. My school did not provide me with a comprehensive and enthusiastic rendering of History. I am learning so many interesting facts from your videos.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Very glad to hear that!

[@dileeloo506]

This is very interesting. Kinda shows that we were conditioned to be separated from one another little by little. Electrics are where we are at now stopping human connection and killing empathy.

[@mikesands4681]

Bedroom concept was more about urban planners reducing overcrowding in housing by limiting persons per room as a standard for a dwelling. Slowing pushing people apart.

[@kevingonzalez3673]

As it should be

[@WeatherMoon]

Grew up calling a feather comforter a feather tick

[@27b4]

Don't think I'd feel comfortable with the idea of ticks in the bedroom.

[@WeatherMoon]

@@27b4 😁

[@27b4]

@@WeatherMoon - Thank you. I'm just getting ready to go to my, hopefully, tickless bedroom. Good night to you.

[@WeatherMoon]

@@27b4 good night to you, too

[@WickedNPC]

The word tick is probably related to the swedish word täcke. It means cover and is used for a duvet or comforter.

[@SC-jq9og]

I think the fact that we have a lot of things we can do by ourselves now plays a part in this.

[@davidbarnett3594]

it is still done in some country's today 2019

[@sheilashadiamusic]

Yes exactly. I live in Cairo, most bowabs (doormen for a building who live there also will bring their families usually from Upper Egypt) and the kids/wife will stay with him in one room. I swear, I always felt strange when I go downstairs depressed about some first world problem and find them all laughing in their room with the door open for all to see, eating a home cooked meal together laughing. They don't have privacy but look a lot happier than me!

[@evacarvajal7403]

Very interesting. This is something that I did not know. It is fascinating to learn how people lived and dealt with social issues, personal hygiene, styles of dressing, etc..., thank you for the information.

[@DeCamJ]

Good analysis at the end comparing modern isolation.

[@RawOlympia]

It will always be heartbreaking to me that I heard a radio show from a supposed expert \who said babies must be left to cry alone to sleep in the privacy of their own rooms.

[@luciarosselini6199]

Thank You 6:10pm central Dinner tales Some things never change Europeans in America Italians Greeks polish the kitchen the washer the dryer the shower is all in the basement upstairs is a mausoleum in the bedrooms but it does keep the family together that's how it should be

[@voiceactorofdovakiin]

Congratulations for your unshakable commitment with the channel. You must've read tons on the midieval world and crusades, how do you feel about your knowledge? Are you at a point where you believe you're a specialist? And if it is not asking much: how did this knowledge changed who you are, or modelled your life?

[@fairenough7984]

There is a fabric called 'pillow ticking' that my grandmother used (she made her own pillows back in the day). I miss a homemade, feather-filled pillow :)

[@angelafahlenkamp9311]

You popped up I'm my feed, I love history so I'm excited, thank you for your time ❤

[@bigman7856]

You hear about how many tribes in Africa today will sleep in groups together. When visiting western nations, they would be shocked by the idea of being separated into different rooms.

[@OhMyPearls]

Great social history. Thank you.

[@antoinelambert938]

1 Speaking of people sleeping together, you should do a video on the customs that got the bad historians to pretend everyone was gay (I had such a teacher once). 2 funny fact, st louis and his wife had bedrooms connected by a secret stair so they could reproduce without motherly interference.

[@gabork5055]

This sounds like some flat earth tier theory.

[@KimSearch865]

#2 gross.

[@Hope-fv3kf]

Striped fabric called "mattress ticking" now understood. I never questioned why because old mattresses were covered in this fabric.

[@carolyncolles8709]

I had the same thought.

[@genghiskhan6809]

Interesting. So medieval government was literally “me and the boys out at 12:00 PM to behead some criminals and then go crash at the castle to get ready for tomorrow”.

[@melvinshelton8448]

Sweet! History no one ever hears about, or thinks about, until they do hear about it (probably by stumbling across it), and now can't turn off.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Glad you liked the video!

[@noneofyourbusiness302]

Thank you so much❣I love History, this period being my favorite! Grace

[@johnhoelzeman6683]

That explains why a husband and wife sleep in the same bed

[@1x93cm]

everybody had to huddle up to keep warm imagine how close everybody was not just literally but figuratively. Kith and kin....

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

Crazy how even most of our lower class today lives a more luxurious life than many medieval nobles in a lot of ways.

[@kevingonzalez3673]

I sleep with all my peeps

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

Kevin Gonzalez it’s not Easter yet, though.

[@kevingonzalez3673]

@@TheNightWatcher1385 It is in my country.

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

Kevin Gonzalez Lies

[@kevingonzalez3673]

@@TheNightWatcher1385 and video tape

[@samray397]

These habits continue until now in Asia & Africa.

[@ishitrealbad3039]

until they invent something called infrastructure, heating and electricity....

[@mb3431b]

ishit realbad Are you being snarky? It’s hard to tell in text but the ... makes it seem snarky. I’m just curious because it would be hilarious if you think a snarky reply was due here

[@mb3431b]

samyoung2000paris not at all, just wondering if it was intended to be snarky or not. I think it’s interesting how many unwarranted snarky comments there are online. It’s like half the people are in a bad mood when they post. The comment I responded to has a SJW snarky feel to it but maybe it’s not.

[@mb3431b]

samyoung2000paris Also, several types of heating have already been invented. And electricity was discovered, not invented. Plus, infrastructure isn’t an invention... it’s just an odd comment. And an odd response to my comment regarding it. Good for you for sticking up for such a mindless and possibly snarky comment... (And yes I’m being snarky if it’s not clear)

[@thefarmersdaughter8235]

When we grew up in the 60's we had a girls room and a boys room. Our parents had their own bedroom. It worked well.

[@thefarmersdaughter8235]

@calihartley2010 , yes they were, but what does that have to do with bedroom arrangements?

[@thefarmersdaughter8235]

@calihartley2010 , we never considered ourselves poor. We owned our farm, had cattle, sheep, hogs and horses. Mom also grew a large garden. We ate like kings while the town kids did not. As far as circumcision its a sanitary matter.

[@princehunk6080]

Nice

[@melissajackson79]

It also had to do with hearing, earlier the fire would have been in the center of the room. Fireplaces were (I believe) around or a little before the Tudor era and it took time to learn to make them safe and stable, it was only after that that heating separate rooms became possible.

[@jeffreyroot6300]

melissa jackson Except the Romans had individual room heating. Sheet iron stoves in individual bedrooms.

[@melissajackson79]

@@jeffreyroot6300 oh yeah definitely, they were way ahead of their time. They lifted the stone floor and had fires strategically placed, just to heat the floor and the bathhouses were absolutely devine with a warm bath on the near side and cool baths on the far side. They even got pretty fancy with with the houses of people with social status/money. I love the designs with the big open court yard with fountain and usually in the entry way they would have a lower spot in the floor with an opening above to catch rain water or just fill to wash their feet, lots of rooms too. The ones I was referring to (should have said, thanks for pointing it out) were the Britains, the ones that were local to the island and some others on the mainland, took them a little longer to get it all figured out. The Egyptians had things figured out too, in so far as cooling went.

[@jeffreyroot6300]

melissa jackson True! Though ancient British ( really right across West and Central Europe) round houses used a central hearth and every bed or room inside faced the fire. Crude but efficient! The atria had an impluvium in Roman houses, and usually the pool in the floor was connected to a cistern for household water. It also reflected light to help illuminate the house. Very clever! Not the best for northern territories, but perfect for the Mediterranean.

[@melissajackson79]

@@jeffreyroot6300 the Romans really were incredible, I wonder why they were so much more advanced. They even had take-out!

[@jeffreyroot6300]

melissa jackson They were able to synthesize innovations from multiple other cultures. They got the arch , barrel vault and sewers from the Etruscans. Metallurgy and weapons technology from Gauls and Iberians , medicine and literature from the Greeks. Stir them all together and creativity plus market forces take over. They created the model for our urban life, food, services, constitutional and statute law, government contractors and military organization. We have built our civilization on the bones of theirs.

[@Luziemagick]

Hello from germany! I discovered you today. Very interesting. I subscribed and looking forward to new videos👍

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

I've been to Germany a couple of times, beautiful country. Glad you like the content.

[@ThanksStJoseph]

Perfect title to draw in modern people ! Not what one would think but still perfectly honest!

[@swatson1190]

Interesting, the fabric used to make feather pillows and mattresses is still called ticking. The whole thing sounds like my family. I have 7 brothers,7 sister in laws , 21 nieces and nephews, 16 great nieces and nephews, and 3 great great nieces and nephews. when everyone is home we sleep on the floor. It's normal for us. There are usually 500 people at the Bell gathering. we shuffle folks around until everyone has a spot in some ones home. No one uses a hotel. It would be considered bad manners to allow family to sleep anywhere but at home even though it is just a pallet on the floor.

[@spitfire57whaley35]

Also keeping the dogs goats and other animals around the people kept everyone safe from danger. A donkey or horse will stand guard if you lay down in the grass

[@vickierayhill4637]

Straw mattresses are rather comfortable! I used to volunteer at an 18th century fort and stayed overnight. Trying to keep the cabin warm on a wintery night with a fireplace was the biggest pain-- I wish I had someone to share a bunk with LOL.

[@wingandhog]

Excellent overview. One other thing, the sleeping arrangements, especially when sharing a bed with strangers or those who wondered around, would have afforded an opportunity to share regional news and gossip which everyone wanted to hear

[@bonnitaclaus2286]

This is Probably the root of the expression “ bedfellows” vacating a very close relationship or ally.

[@ariesleorising9421]

Bonnita Claus makes sense! 😀

[@duncangriffiths4399]

*denoting/indicating/referring to a very close relationship.

[@reynardfoxx6753]

"Politics makes strange bedfellows".

[@cernunnos_lives]

There are still tribal societies today-where you can get a glimpse of how our ancestors lived. And yeah... it was usually surrounded with others.

[@adamandrews8534]

Informative and interesting. Thanks!

[@kaarlimakela3413]

This illuminates the raunchy Miller's Tale in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

[@charlieryan1736]

Thanks for another interesting and informative video

[@onetwothreefourfive12345]

Great vid. Really interesting

[@pamelasandoval8091]

I had a bible study where one of the gentlemen told us that he grew up in Greece in a one room house with his parents and siblings and his aunts uncles cousins. He said they ate during the day and all slept there at night on animal skins

[@ninacaswell8404]

Just discovered your channel, love it! New subscriber 😊

[@jessicamoores181]

You are Good!!! Just Excellent. A very nice teaching style. Always Enjoyable!! Gods Speed🇺🇸👏👍❤️

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Thanks Jessica!

[@brianfuller7691]

In rural Canada, common bed was still common well into the 1870s. Your videos are always amazing.

[@TealStarSusan]

Remember too that in medieval times they often had ‘two sleeps’. Folk would get up, have a drink , meet with neighbours and then go back to bed! I also remember visiting a tiny Croft in Scotland. It was a replica! A long thin single story building. Left end was for the animals. The middle was smoke filled as it is where they cooked. The last room on the right end was the bedroom. The bed was in there and was TINY ! I’m only 5ft and would have had problems! It looked like a big wooden box. Only about 3 ft wide. Covered in. The whole family slept together. Mum, Dad and several children of all ages! The guide said that yes, mistakes were made in the dark......there was a lot of incest by accident! Ugh! Wonderful place to visit!

[@dcanaday]

What if the lord hogged all the covers? Servants would just have to freeze at night and be tired all the next day?

[@jeffreyplum5259]

When we say " So-and so is in bed with somebody" we are reaching back to the time when alliances actually meant sleeping together. While the custom has changed, it roots are still a major part of our culture. The habit has changed, but the underlying thinking is still framed by the very old customs. You do great work bridging gaps between modern and ancient thinking..

[@jeffburnham6611]

I think it all depends on what part of Europe and what century. The Norse, for example, did commonly sleep in Great Halls, think of it like that scene in Return of the King where they're all sleeping in the Golden Hall after celebrating their victory at Helms Deep. But I can't see the English Monarchy from the late 1100's on, sharing rooms with their servants or knights.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Right, and I pointed that out in the video. But the truth is, communal sleeping was still very much alive in the late 1100's.

[@classicrocklover5615]

No introvert wonders if it would be more healthy for them to share their bedroom with a group of people.

[@plantagenetsurvivor8771]

My ancestors were the Tredagar Morgan’s, Herbert’s, Berkeley’s, Neville’s, Percy’s, Beaufort’s and Plantagenets. They all lived in castles and I’m assuming that’s where all the money went as well

[@barbaraneville9056]

Mrs. Enys Whoa! I’m a Neville, by marriage.

[@jameswilliams115]

I am a Plantagenet

[@royperkins3851]

The old song three dog night is a literal reference to the habit of using animals as living bed warmers ! As a child the kids allslept in the same bed until we were teenagers! Not the middle ages the 50s and early 60s!LMAO

[@davejones6392]

Roy Perkins reminds me of a joke- I had to share a bed with my three older sisters who were all bedwetters. Mother would ask “ which end do you want to sleep?’to which I replied ‘the shallow end’

[@magdaw3123]

Individualism vs communalism

[@sheilaspence1250]

Absolutely LOVE this!

[@cathdodd5072]

I have always wondered if this is why we have kids who have problems sleeping these days: especially kids who have their own rooms. Is it just built into our DNA to sleep together for comfort, warmth and protection and they feel vulnerable? Especially babies? Isn't it a strange thing, when you think about it, to leave your helpless infant alone in such a vulnerable state? Anyway, both my children often say that they feel lonely sleeping in their own room. When they were little, they had to share a room as we had moved into a smaller house. Before then we had a bigger house and they both had their own rooms. My daughter, who was a year and a half, had a terrible time getting down to sleep. Once she shared a room with her three year old brother, she had no problem. After we moved back into a bigger house and they each had their own room, they would often want to sleep in each other's bedrooms. They are now 11 and 13 and both earnestly want friends to sleep over.

[@catk7225]

Love history went to a renaissance fare and I love your content.

[@xMissPegasusx]

Interesting. I definitely think there's a big psychological element to this, as I've first hand experienced and heard from others that sleeping is much easier if you're not alone, especially for people with anxiety or insomnia

[@MrMarcelWiel]

Totally fascinating ... many thanks!

[@axeman830]

The reason they slept together is about the heating. If you have been in Europe you would have seen how they heated the rooms. It would have taken a lot of fuel especially in the castles.

[@tombowers2020]

Most interesting...backed up with references...I like it!

[@robertmastnak581]

Very interesting... Thx!

[@kytom89]

Great channel and tunes

[@eileenshea9564]

Thank you for the info, history's my favorite. Sticking together equaled success. Super explanation to the reality of man's need not to be alone. Henry the VIII had plenty of bed companions. He slept with a piece of fur to attract the fleas instead of them jumping on him. In reality God preserved those who worshiped him. The rich almost always had chaples nearby and they spent hours on their knees in prayer. We are decendents of the incredibly strong people. How did they march across the continents? You have got to be a professor.