Surviving England’s Dark Ages. Could you do It?

[@scousemouse9715]

Isn't a miracle that any of us survived at all. An easy breakdown of daily struggles. God bless you.

[@spunkysparks1779]

We almost didn't. Plague took out a good portion of us!

[@susanroutt6690]

Absolutely sure I would not have survived.

[@veraaddoyobo8482]

You wouldn't know any difference, so you would find a way to survive

[@kathrynkildow3743]

@@veraaddoyobo8482 That's true, to a point, but if you're afflicted by one of those horrible diseases, you're toast.

[@sheilamarkham1937]

At least our ancestors were able to survive long enough to reproduce, or we wouldn't be here now!

[@Andrea-pm3dy]

I would make it either😅

[@hughmanatee7433]

Lots of people did!

[@cassiemeyer1164]

I’ve been searching for a video like this for YEARS!!!!!

[@historyslifestories373]

Excellent, if you can think of any other subjects you’d like me to cover please let me know 😉🙏👍

[@rebeccagordon960]

Every one of us watching this video is descended from someone in Medieval Times who survived at minimum long enough to have children!

[@carlalindsey9371]

This is the first time I've gotten a severe backache from just watching youtube.

[@Quarantina237]

Medieval times - physical exhaustion. Modern times - mental exhaustion

[@gazza2933]

I really like your use of A I. to educate and not just to entertain. Subscribed. 👍

[@mayceehash8434]

is that where all the super relevant footage came from?

[@historyslifestories373]

Thanks and welcome😉🙏👍

[@aprilturner2550]

It would be 50/50 chance for me. I can hunt, I've been homless and lived in woods before. I have scavaged and built things to live. The difference for me, is i am an accident prone, being alive in todays time being accident prone is not so bad. Back then though, not sure lol

[@Itried20takennames]

But back then infectious diseases were rampant, as they were in most every time period until widespread vaccine use. The toll on kids was about 30% lost to infectious illnesses, and it was fairly common to have half your kids die of some communicable. You had to be around people some times, and every visit to town or a crowded hut was a good chance to catch tuberculosis, whooping cough, diphtheria, whatever flu was going around that Winter, etc. in a way we never experience today.

[@Andy_Babb]

I barely made through the 1990’s and early 2000’s lol I’d have been toast in the Middle Ages. Really though, I got sick a lot as a baby so I literally probably wouldn’t have survived to adulthood.

[@awaywiththetheories1833]

I was a pretty strong child that never really got sick, so on that front I’d have probably been fine, but I had a brain haemorrhage at 3 days old. So I wouldn’t have even lived long enough to find out 😅

[@Andy_Babb]

@ Haha yeah we’d have been fertilizer real fast! I got a lot of ear infections and strep throat, both of which could easily have been fatal back then. I also had/have a penchant for injuring myself to the point of needing modern medicine 😂

[@kathrynkildow3743]

@@awaywiththetheories1833 You would be exposed to a lot more illnesses in the Middle Ages, for which there would be no prevention or cure. Glad you survived the brain hemorrhage, undoubtedly with skilled medical attention!

[@myrandapistokache6653]

I definitely wouldn’t have made it to adulthood either! Way too sickly as a kid to survive back then 😅

[@Andy_Babb]

@@myrandapistokache6653 Thank goodness for modern science and medicine lol

[@rosemarypalmer3603]

They had skills lost to us, nowadays.

[@Itried20takennames]

Yeah and no. There are groups that still try to replicate medieval weaving, soapmaking, castle building, yarn making, candle making, etc. today, and you can see them on YT. They were tougher, but that was just because life was tougher.

[@emmaonthefarm1085]

@Itried20takennamesI don’t think op meant hobbies 🤣

[@reecemesser]

Today's world is vastly superior to what it used to be but the charm of medieval times is down to it's simplicity

[@clothcapkev2088]

Well someone in my family did it, otherwise i would not be here.

[@kathrynkildow3743]

Absolutely terrible life. It's a wonder any of us are here at all. The utter disregard of the Haves for the Have Nots is appalling.

[@francisebbecke2727]

People living in the Middle Ages did not know they were living in the Middle Ages. To them it was the world as the world is. It would change when Christ returns.

[@emmaonthefarm1085]

Absolutely this .. Afterall every single generation feels (and are) living at the pinnacle of their times..

[@annaclarke7643]

When do you think Christianity arrived in England?

[@paulrudd3996]

Another great video Mark! Definitely my favourite KZbin channel. Happy new year to you too.

[@historyslifestories373]

Hi Paul, and happy New Year to you too, glad you enjoyed the video 😉🙏👍

[@andratoma9834]

We all are descendants of these Dark Age ( very strong ) people. Survival of the fittest.

[@TheBayzent]

Not the peasants though. Most European citizens alive nowadays come from the nobility since those were more likely to have surviving descendants.

[@garytaylor5273]

We are living in dark ages now!!

[@kathrynkildow3743]

That's true in a way. Certainly there are vast improvements in health care, among many other things. However, the Have Nots are still supporting the Haves. The richest people don't seem to have to pay taxes.

[@HowardArnold-be9ly]

They pay taxes unless the name is Pelosi, or Biden, etc.

[@scousemouse9715]

We're paddling backwards like our lives depended on it. Islam will be the full stop.

[@jasonreimer4742]

Awwwww your so soft it's cute

[@alexg5513]

@@jasonreimer4742 😅😅 👍👍

[@ddouglas3687]

Throughout the entirety of human evolution, disease, famine and catastrophy, we are the survivors. Yep.

[@andratoma9834]

Working from Dawn to dusk means only from 7:30 am till about 4:30 pm in winter time

[@Itried20takennames]

Well that would be about the only “good” thing about Winters then. Otherwise, it was cold, cramped, the food supplies were lower and mostly preserved foods, the water was often frozen when you went to fetch some, etc.

[@asdf9890]

I'd probably be the idiot searching out ergot infected bread.

[@historyslifestories373]

😂😂😂

[@AdamBeard-d8q]

Great video again! Looking forward to the next one already!

[@historyslifestories373]

Many thanks Son, I will have to get you doing one 👍

[@Baloski46]

That was great. Glad I found you! Thank you.

[@historyslifestories373]

Many thanks, glad you enjoyed it 😉🙏👍

[@emilyb4658]

Well, my ancestors did. My grandparents came from Yorkshire, Guiseborough, I think? 1900 yr.

[@philgreen815]

A fascinating look at history, but the mere fact I am here to comment means that my ancestors did survive. As to disease and health, even today we are discovering hidden ill effects of food and modern food production. As to living in that period ? People would have thought life was normal, and even now when people look back at our lifestyle six hundred years hence ? They will be shocked by our diet and living conditions.

[@mariekatherine5238]

Amazingly, lots of people survived or we’d not be here.

[@kellytrimble7019]

For how long? To have 4 kids before you were 20? As slaves of the Lords?

[@SmokeyTreats]

Enjoyable watch, thanks. Can't decide if I would've survived so...probably not... LoL

[@historyslifestories373]

Ah, you may well be doing yourself a great disservice, it’s something thankfully we will never experience, however, we can’t discount the human will to survive, which inmo is no different today than it was back then 😉🙏👍

[@BeverlyLedbetter-cb1971]

I've lived through some pretty dire situations, but I don't think I'd survive this!🙄

[@Jay-Leigh]

New subscriber ✋🏻 just found you and thoroughly enjoyed this video. Looking forward to catching up with others you've put out and new ones to come. Thank you.

[@historyslifestories373]

Many thanks Jay, glad to have you with us, looking forward to hearing from you again 😉🙏👍

[@frekitheravenous516]

I find a sense of pride in knowing I come from people who lived thru and survived England's Dark Ages.

[@nuclearfetusdismemberment9227]

Same but worse: the mountains of Tyrol ⛰️🏔🍻🍺

[@jonathanthomas4182]

I was talking with my mom about what North America would have been like during Middle age Europe and we both agreed that if we were alive during that time or time traveled we’d would both much rather be in North America before it became America.

[@spunkysparks1779]

Indigenous ppl knew best!

[@annaclarke7643]

Being a young child you had two roads to travel down. 1. The road to early death due to disease, poor diet and hard work. 2. The other road to a longer hard painful existence where loss of your children and family members must have been excruciating. My preference #1.

[@williamegler8771]

Nobody made it out alive.

[@Wolfietherrat]

Oh, they must have otherwise, you wouldn’t be here.❤

[@Leo_ofRedKeep]

This is fact.

[@williamegler8771]

​@Wolfietherrat Nobody from early medieval England or any other period lived longer than their lifespan.

[@Itried20takennames]

Well, they often made it long enough to have kids, and because it was pre-birth control and fairly boring….often quite a few kids. Which was good as it was not unusual for half of your kids to die of infectious illnesses during childhood, But if you had 7 kids and 4 survived, that was enough to keep things going.

[@lyonfrnd]

Teen to 20s me would have survived. Me in my 50s wouldn't.

[@deborahmorgan6848]

Excellent, really interesting.

[@historyslifestories373]

Many thanks Deborah, much appreciated 😉🙏👍

[@shawnkeith1164]

Ergot poisoning may have played a role in the rise of a dance called the Tarantella.

[@o-anonium8653]

Medieval peasants got more time off than people now.

[@DC-gy1zw]

No your wrong.

[@Jay-Leigh]

How did you come to that conclusion? Plus they worked on empty stomachs in all weather 🙄

[@rosemarypalmer3603]

Where on earth did you get that idea from? Or are you just joking?

[@Magdalenasfears]

They actually got more time off than most Americans, IDK about Europeans. Every church holiday or feast day is off. You can only work while the sun is up. The winters are off except tending livestock (which often lived in the same house as the surfs). Even during the warm months, planting and harvesting are really the big work times. The rest of the time is dedicated to things like home improvement, basic chores, and food prep, which isn't much different from now. They had a physically harder life than most of us, but total hours worked were generally much less.

[@andratoma9834]

@@Magdalenasfearsthis is exactly how I feel - I wake up BEFORE sunrise, go to work AND WIRK not until sunset ( ha, ha, that would be 4:30 pm in winter) but far longer AFTER sunset

[@tooyoungtobeold8756]

Stone chimneys in peasant houses? Cobbled street in small village? I don't think so.

[@dflatt1783]

Yes, they made the peasants use wood chimneys from what I recall.

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

??

[@DeadBlonde_80]

How about just getting clean water. That in itself was a huge problem.

[@HowardArnold-be9ly]

Most likely not, otherwise why beer , etc was so prevalent.

[@alisonhawke1813]

I’ve had seizures so probably would have been either killed, put through trial by ordeal, or something of the like. Honestly don’t wanna think about it 😣

[@peopleofonefire9643]

Medieval peasants might have eaten peas, but they didn't eat beans. The bean family, including green beans, is from the Americas.

[@davideddy2672]

Horse Beans …

[@peopleofonefire9643]

@@davideddy2672 You are correct! Not being of Mediterranean origin, I had never heard of the Fava Bean. According to Wikipedia, is s more connected to the European pea and does not have the heart shaped leaves of the bean family, but nevertheless, is indeed called a bean.

[@peopleofonefire9643]

@@davideddy2672 I just remembered that we have a wild plant here in the Southeast that looks just like the Fava Bean - both plants are more closely related to the Locust tree species, which is also in the bean and pea family. My Creek ancestors domesticated this New World Fava Bean, but nowadays, the cultivar has gone feral and often pops up on abandoned fields.

[@emmaonthefarm1085]

This is exactly the type of content i enjoy watching ❤

[@historyslifestories373]

Many thanks Emma, so glad you enjoyed it 😉🙏👍

[@virginiawolfe2581]

I had convulsions when I was less than 2, so I wouldn't have survived.

[@Itried20takennames]

A good percent of kids didn’t survive to 18, mainly due to infectious diseases. Before vaccines it was considered pretty normal to lose half your kids to communicable diseases, and older graveyards show this to be true.

[@BeverlyLedbetter-cb1971]

That's one of the reasons why I'm so fascinated by this era...to see how these poor people survived!😧

[@cct7558]

Oppressing women? Certain cultures and religions do that.

[@KevinUrban-u1z]

Actually I was the King. I had food brought to me on a silver platter while someone stuffed my fireplace with wood

[@nancybradford8514]

Loved this a lot, thank you 😊

[@historyslifestories373]

Many thanks Nancy, glad you enjoyed it 😉🙏👍

[@julianakleijn9254]

I’d have been stoned for being a witch in like a half a second

[@nuclearfetusdismemberment9227]

You either have tattoos/percings, are a ginger or both.

[@lendusaquid]

But witches burn well so you would keep everyone else nice and toasty warm ;)

[@patricialong5767]

It would have been an incredibly difficult way of life. Not sure I'd survive.

[@tandava-089]

Still struggling with fingers, but its really come a long way!

[@angela_somanythings5670]

21:19 all was well until the people from the background came forward and revealed their faces!! 😅

[@heathert5455]

If I couldn't have my coffee...I would die!

[@deborahscott4345]

Nobody makes it out alive 🤔 amazing to think our ancestors lived then and anything they learnt played a part in evolution and bringing us to where we are now 🤗

[@TanyaRando]

Infestations was enough to finish me off!

[@annawarner7516]

Had my DNA analysis done and i am celt/viking/English/Jewish/Spanish/Italian. So a true Brit then! 😂

[@LyonessQueen]

My descendants were African, so it would have been a lot worse for me, but we are a resilient people, so yes, I would.

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

Were many people illiterate back then?

[@coolkitty2075]

Signed their name with an x

[@alexg5513]

Not a chance would I survive. It took a lot of grit and a certain amount of luck because life was worth nothing in those days.

[@spunkysparks1779]

What if we were transported back with the knowledge we know now? We know how to purify water, we know a strong alcohol can kill germs, even knowing about lethal substances.

[@henchy3rd]

Reminds me of Yorkshire🤣 The clergy/church is pure evil, always has been & the land snobs ain’t that much different.

[@angela_somanythings5670]

I didn’t know the Dancing Death was caused by Ergotism!!! Crazy!!

[@amyerickson2726]

Imagine how much wood you’d have to chop to get through the year and especially at winter for cooking and heat.

[@johnbreen5668]

Almost nobody would survive if they just popped into midevil times. No food, no water, or a clue to were potable water is if people saw you pop into being...

[@6248cjl]

My DNA says I’m almost entirely English/N. European so I know my ancestors survived, at least until they reproduced because I am here!

[@richardgraham9805]

Only way to survive it is if I could go back to that time is in command of a present day US army infantry battalion,plenty of ammo, artillery,tanks, plenty of food and equipment..lol

[@angela_somanythings5670]

Modern Nutrition, and accessibility of medicines and remedies Today is Greatly Appreciated!!! My son had both Measles at age 3 and Mumps in both cheeks at age 5 and his immune system was Super Strong/ with the help of medicines he beat each of them in a couple days!!

[@historyslifestories373]

Very glad to hear that 🙏

[@ne9colas]

Well, I will be dead even before being able to understand I was alive

[@angela_somanythings5670]

Some of the A.I. art here is pretty good 😅

[@lindatisue733]

Did poaching laws extend to foods that could be foraged like berries and mushrooms? How about dead fall wood? In Scandinavia, even today one is allowed to forage wild foods. Did most of europe have poaching laws like england did of is that a particular Hoarding by British nobles?

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

Early Medieval Period. What exact years?

[@historyslifestories373]

That’s a good point actually and I should have clarified, part way through the 5th century when the Romans left through to the 11th century 👍

[@jonclark3367]

This is why our founders insisted on gun rights

[@jiyangwenzi]

Thanks. So informative.

[@historyslifestories373]

You are very welcome 😉🙏👍

[@MymilanitalyBlogspot]

I enjoyed the video. Would you please indicate your sources?

[@historyslifestories373]

Hi, glad you enjoyed the video, my sources are varied in that much of it was gained over years by various books etc, however, for some of the more detailed aspects of the video I referred to Life in a Medieval Village - Francis Giles, Peasant Perspectives on Medieval Landscape - Susan King, Terry Jones’ Medieval Lives. Hope this helped 👍

[@kimberlybrown5348]

I would be so poor. Yeah that's my luck.

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

St. Anthony's Fire?

[@elizabethwilkinson2635]

I would not have survived diagnose3d with type 1 diabetes age 9 so no chance even 200 years back

[@danielsmommy2008]

I wouldn’t have survived child birth. I had to have a classical c-section. Automatic death sentence back then.

[@soulpkeruk]

id had been a viking my family came over with william the conqueror as a noble =)

[@kellytrimble7019]

Mine too but we managed to lose all that 😂

[@spunkysparks1779]

Maybe I would have survived if I were upper class and had more creature comforts but I would die as a peasant. Edit to add. I would have died during childbirth. My son was breech and I needed a c section. Both my son and I are healthy.

[@markc1234golf]

The kicker is that all our ancestors DID otherwise we'd not be here 😁

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

Sounds very rough.

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

Keeping people ignorant

[@marthamiles5471]

Very good. Audio volume is a bit low.

[@historyslifestories373]

Many thanks, I will look into that for the next one 😉🙏👍

[@PeacefulEarth-ch1tb]

We are going back there again

[@myrandapistokache6653]

I would’ve passed in infancy I’m sure of it

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

I know very little about the Early Medieval Period.

[@nakedlakedip57]

Thorg live to the ripe old age of 35….!!! Amazing…..

[@patricialong5767]

Those doggone Danes! I'm half, thanks.

[@kellytrimble7019]

Nobody survived for long!

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

What justice?

[@eileenlocke9397]

Thank u for yr channel

[@historyslifestories373]

You are very welcome

[@beverlyeick435]

No, I would not want to even live! 😢😢😢

[@Bakedbesna123]

Well if we time traveled back! We could just turn up and say that’s my land like someone did before.. go lick it and say that’s mine

[@fred6059]

I might survive one day.

[@lynnschaeferle-zh4go]

Did you mention women were property to routinely be subject to men’s armies? Or hie little girls were considered to be bride material? For me it would have been food allergies. (Wheat, eggs) If a body with arthritis had to sleep on the floor they wouldn’t be able to get up or down.

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

'dark ages'?

[@bethanycook8430]

I couldnt live w/o modern stuff like a toilet or refrigerator or AC

[@charlietbarnes4842]

Well I'd try

[@freehat9075]

Technically none of them made it out alive! Some just a little older than others

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

What did that poor woman do?

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

Lead?

[@coolkitty2075]

No plastic back then 😊

[@tuvaaq]

I would have gone from village to village making stone soup 😂

[@petravazanska5707]

I say thanks to universe or god that i can live in 2024. That when i was ill i could have a surgery, that i had things to eat eventhough during communism it wasnt so easy. But still nothing compared to this life in old times

[@lendusaquid]

Did not every man have to do archery practice after church ?

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

Not sure about that 😅