Top Medieval Historian Reviews Famous Movie Scenes | Part Two

[@zerjiozerjio]

Dr. Janega’s the real deal. An obvious expert who still has her humanity intact enough to appreciate “A Knight’s Tale” and Chaucer’s obscene humor. 10/10

[@doglover31418]

No, only 9/10 because she said 'out of arrow firing range'. You shoot arrows; you can't fire them.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

I don’t know, she is very good on some details but with big picture stuff she had some issues.

[@davidhooper259]

A Knight’s Tale is complete trash from story, costume design and reality

[@ProtoNeoVintage]

She gave "MP and the Holy Grail" 10/10 "because Monty Python". For that alone I give her 15/10.

[@Sehestedtify]

@@doglover31418 Actually, you "loose" an arrow. If you're gonna nitpick, then pick all the nits. :)

[@williamparsons897]

Eleanor taught me in the first year of my History degree at King's College London, and she was brilliant, bringing the same amount of energy to a class of 18 year old who had only done half the reading as to these videos.

[@abmong]

She casually referenced Dredd. She’s got my vote.

[@M3rover]

I want to hang out with her... she's too cool! :-)

[@dggydddy59]

So THAT'S why she sounds like she's trying to engage teenagers in the entire video! I find her fairly annoying, but I haven't been 18 in a very long time.

[@Keri61993]

@@whoarewe7515 *they're

[@Stopthisrightnow560]

I've never been as hooked on medieval history as I have with her telling it. Majority of it just gets muddled in the 500 years between 1100 and 1600 so it's nice having someone being able to educate me on that.

[@ItsJustMe0585]

I love how much time-scales get lost on modern folks. Putting something in the 1300's instead of the 1600's for instance, would be literally like putting cell phones and internet into the hands of George Washington.

[@unknow11712]

i can already see movies in 3000 that put tanks and biplanes in the napoleonic wars.

[@frankm.2850]

@@unknow11712 We've already got a story with AK-47s in the hands of Confederate soldiers thanks to Harry Turtledove.

[@Shan_Dalamani]

@@frankm.2850 Alt-history is a subgenre of science fiction, so as long as you know it didn't really happen in _our_ history, just enjoy the story. I had a history prof who taught Roman and Greek history, and got me hooked on Lindsay Davis' Falco murder mysteries. It's like a mashup of '40s detectives in 1st-century Rome in the reign of Vespasian. Davis really did her research well, and visited actual archaeological sites so she could describe the settings as accurately as possible for her 1st-century characters. But as much as this prof loved Roman murder mysteries, he couldn't wrap his mind around alt-history stories. "But that's not what happened!" Well, of course not. That's why it's in an alternate universe.

[@guneytopal7076]

@@frankm.2850 Well the big bang started with the firing of an AK-47

[@revilosmoth1101]

To be fair things evolved way slower back then. And 1300 to 1600 is really quite a stretch but I see it happening often for the early Middle Ages. Like as If there is not difference between year 300 and 600. Same goes for ancient history.

[@CYMotorsport]

Between Dr. Janega and Dr. Konijnendijk, I could watch medieval & ancient warfare content all day.

[@IComeInThree]

i could listen to both of them talk about ditches all day

[@CYMotorsport]

@@IComeInThree "History of Ditches in Warfare" would set the internet ON FIRE 😂

[@robt400]

she has a podcast

[@CS-pk3ix]

Pointy stick and ditches...

[@spudeleven5124]

@@CS-pk3ix LoL

[@HeSaidAFunnyGirl]

Cannot tell you how much I love Dr. Janega’s insight and commentary!! We need more of her!!

[@williamchilton2703]

Can Dr. Janega have a channel? I could listen to her tell these stories for days. Lots of personality and knowldge.

[@Grahf0]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYaZlIhvbJp2hMU One of her videos on her Channel

[@mattbarneveld815]

Completely agree!

[@williamchilton2703]

@Owen Palmer Tedious doesn't seem apt descriptor for your particular problem. Yeah, Braveheart belongs with a lower score, but she is watching a clip and says she doesn't know the whole film. She points out the major problems she sees. The number is kind of arbitrary.

[@williamchilton2703]

@@Johnnybravo.. such as?

[@williamchilton2703]

@J. Well I would disagree on three of your points, but it's really not worth arguing over. It seems more a qualitative subjective difference and not "wrong"

[@richardandrade9418]

I love her cause she is so knowledgeable and breaks down mistakes but also shows appreciation for movies

[@darkfina3776]

Dr. Janega made this video, she is amazing, i will absolutely watch any more videos she is featured in.

[@katecallier1933]

You read my mind! Very enjoyable to watch and learned a lot!

[@hereticlife2546]

I really like her too, unfortunately she makes quite a few mistakes in information.

[@chevalliert]

Very entertaining and informative review indeed. Just one thing: in French, the P in "loup" is silent (coming from a Frenchman, if I need to show credentials)

[@Johnnybravo..]

She's not. She made a lot of mistakes

[@adammonahan217]

@@chevalliert that's true now but wasn't back then. Maybe she's just SO accurate she's using the pronunciation from the time :)

[@garethtudor836]

"Expert rates" videos are some of my favourites, and this one is possibly the best I've seen. The love for A Knight's Tale is a MASSIVE plus. That Judge Dredd reference absolutely made my day

[@mheuman]

Thanks Dr. Janega or treating history with humor. I loved a knights tale and Chaucer's bodily humor. Brava!!!!

[@beardedgeek973]

"Pointy Stick" is the main and most important weapon of war from the Neolithic to the broad implementation of gunpowder. The Spear in all it's forms is the cheapest and one of the most versatile and effective ways to kill with. Of course the "Shorter stick with a heavy end" is good too, and has been around even longer.

[@Dewydidit]

Long pointy stick is the tech developed to counter the clubby stick. When both sides had long pointy sticks, someone got frustrated and THREW their long pointy stick at the other side, and tech advances were towards flying pointy stick for the next 50 millennium. I have no idea why swords get all of the love when Spears and Arrows ruled the battlefields for 50,000 years.

[@deankruse2891]

Phillips phalanx conquered Asia with really long pointy sticks

[@cass7448]

@@deankruse2891 Ah yes, the chief weakness of all pointy sticks: A slightly longer pointy stick.

[@user-ty2uz4gb7v]

What about raspberries

[@TheBruces56]

There is also that steel thing with sharp edges

[@debbylou5729]

Love learning from her. You can tell she loves this. You can tell she’s a great educator because she isn’t arrogant or dismissive. She also gets movies. They aren’t documentaries, they’re trying to incorporate the realities of the period with the truth that it’s a ‘story’. I’m going to be very busy binge watching

[@boblobla1611]

Brilliant reviews, but there are a couple of questions left unanswered. What was the origin of the Holy Hand grenade of Antioch, and was there if fact a Knight of the Round Table who indeed had to push the pram a lot?

[@willmfrank]

Dr. Janega covered MP&HG in Part 1.

[@herytik4027]

Stop that! It’s silly

[@TheBruces56]

And what of the Knights who say Nee?

[@therightarmofthefreeworld4703]

I believe The Holy Hand Grenade was first used in combat in the Worms video game.

[@topperdepop]

Yes.

[@FlyingTigersKMT]

I love her. She's serious and knows her stuff but still loves A Knights Tale. That's just awesome.

[@nichmiller4251]

I love how Doc breaks things down. She's humorously dry in the best way.

[@Judokasting]

I'd watch this amazing Woman review every medieval movie or book because this was so much fun and educational to watch. A truly rare find on KZbin.

[@niiokweinortey]

She's here cos she earned it and not because she's a woman. Stop with the pandering

[@rogernetzer1054]

Except that she was 100-percent wrong about The Last Duel being inaccurate.

[@austenbin4068]

"Rusty, sort your accent out!" ... Kevin Costner quietly disappears into the crowd.

[@TheAstilesus]

So true.

[@jakovpavlov6268]

I just love her... She's funny, knows her business and explains very clearly

[@kelvinfoote9897]

I cant stand her. The childish and uncertain sounding rising infective, plus the continued use of the verbal tick of saying ' like' all the time is so annoying. Plus saying ' dude ' all the time , as if desperately trying to be down with the kids,mis really sad.

[@robertford8476]

I didn't think I was going to like her when I started the video but turns out she is wicked smart and funny. Oh and pretty knowledgeable on history as well, but whatever.

[@nissan300ztt]

8 of 10 would smash!

[@ForrestOutman]

I loved her reactions! I'm a fellow historian, but in a different field of study/research. This is almost exactly how I would react when eye rolling at film portrayals in my area of expertise.

[@isaiahfarris3539]

@@kelvinfoote9897 ok, good. I’m not alone! She isn’t remotely funny.

[@ilikethepizza2527]

She is so charismatic! Usually experts collaborating in this sort of videos are quite nice, but she's so witty! I'd say she has talent for communication.

[@ALAPINO]

I would humbly request more of Dr. Janega. She is pretty bad-ass. Thank you for your time.

[@whoarewe7515]

I hope she hasn't got a bad arse I'd say no anyway. With a bad arse no chance.

[@ALAPINO]

@@whoarewe7515 Indeed, no one has time for a bad arse.

[@Butterflier00]

one thing that i love about a knight's tale is that it is historically accurate to the vibes of the time. the we will rock you scene might have actually happened, they probably weren't chanting that.. but we wlll rock you is a common stadium chant....what were jousting tournaments, ye olde superbowl. it matches the vibe of what these people would have been feeling. and who knows if they did the "stomp, stomp, clap" i love to imagine that happening. the dancing scene to these people would have felt like jamming out to some david bowie. I love how that scene slowly transitions from the Court Dance into the modern dancing. A KNIGHT'S TALE IS SO GOOD.

[@chrisball3778]

Yeah, it puts more emphasis on being entertaining than pedantically accurate, but it's actually well-researched and does a much better job of conveying the attitudes and concerns of the time than the vast majority of medieval movies. There are a bunch of 'Easter eggs' in the script for medieval history fans as well. It always makes me laugh when people try to drag it for the deliberate anachronisms like the modern music and the product placement, as if the makers didn't know those aren't really medieval, when they've snuck in references to medieval literature that have gone right over the heads of the people criticising.

[@eddybrek5298]

Nah they would act more like British football fans compared to ur American ways ... alot more aggressive

[@michaelfox2433]

I actually refrained from watching A Knights Tale for fear of it making a huge mess of history as im really annoyed by shitty history in period movies,.....until I watched it,...also one of my favorite movies ever despite its silliness.

[@Rohml]

The filmmakers mentioned that they intentionally chose modern-style music to give the viewers a sense of the emotion people would feel back in the day. Using medieval music won't carry the same level of intensity as using something that is familiar to us viewers, so the idea is if you are hearing Queen's We Will Rock You, they people at the time would have heard their own version of a bangin' anthem theme.

[@michaelfox2433]

@John Doe Think about it though,...for someone like myself that drinks in historical; accuracy, they, like myself, should just suspend reality if its entertaining....and those that dont....who cares.

[@TeamLNE]

Outlaw king was incredible. There were several trenches made before the battle took place.

[@dangle933]

Ahem, you're intending to say 'ditch'

[@KvltKrist]

ALWAYS DIG A DITCH! THEN WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED WITH THAT DITCH, DIG ANOTHER DITCH!

[@Dead25m]

@@dangle933 Nono, they had barbwire and the lots.

[@ms272885]

We all know the obvious crossover special that needs to happen now. Oxford and London are close together enough too.

[@blorgin1]

The disembowelment scene was unnecessarily disturbing though

[@curiousworld7912]

Thanks for the props to 'A Knight's Tale'. What a delightful film!

[@Ann-snowshoeingonEnceladus]

Its single pitfall was the early 2000's dresses and hairstyles on Jocelyn. Took me out of it a bit. Otherwise, love it! 💖

[@eduardogardin879]

you must be 12

[@QuinlanLJ]

​@@eduardogardin879 Actually writing that to a comment like that makes YOU sound like a child.

[@Aracne80]

Good review. And if I would ever study history, I would love to have Dr Janega teaching me. Her passion for medieval history is apparent. Love it.

[@rangda_prime]

I'm a History Major and now that I I've watched this video, it is officially peer reviewed and can be considered to be a legitimate scientific source, having been put forth by a qualified academic and examined by a peer. Why, yes, that is how it works. Pinkie promise.

[@sitcomchristian6886]

I don't think you're a peer until you've graduated ;)

[@rangda_prime]

@@sitcomchristian6886 In föct, it was a jöööke

[@thebagelsproductions]

😂😂

[@tombullish3198]

Too bad you didn't catch the few mistakes that were made during your peer review. This is why you need multiple people to have a informal KZbin PR.

[@rangda_prime]

@@tombullish3198 No, no, no! I'm going to appeal to my own authority now, so you're wrong and I'm right, no take backs!

[@akwinter]

Can we please get more videos of Dr Janega reviewing things? It’s very necessary.

[@catsidhe]

I thought Dr Janega was very generous to Rusty and his Robin Hood. I think I'm permanently scarred by the French using World War II landing craft crossing the Channel to invade England.

[@ianb9028]

By half way through that movie I expected them to use guided munitions and radar.

[@tsdobbi]

This is a pet peeve of mine in movies/TV with Rome. Yes I get in pop culture the Roman solider is most commonly identified with a Gallic Helmet, Lorica Segmentata and the large square scutum. They always put them wearing it in era's it either it stopped being used or before it was even invented. Like if there was a movie about Marian reform era legions and they were all in Lorica segmentata, its like 1000 years from now making a WW2 movie where soldiers are wearing modern interceptor body armor.

[@TheThingInMySink]

@@tsdobbi HBO's Rome, while kinda bad with the costumes imo at least did the Roman gear pretty well, more rounded scutums, bronze helmets and hamata.

[@ZP1993]

If you think that movie was bad,the 2018 Robin Hood movie is even worse,it has the lightly armored crusaders armed with bows and arrows using modern urban combat tactics. It literally looks like someone took footages of modern wars in Iraq, Afghanistan or Syria and used some video editing software to replace soldiers' rifles with bows.

[@jjhh320]

@@ZP1993 its was 100% non-historical and didn't really work...but i always appreciated that scene for trying something unique and having their own take on medieval warfare

[@kayseacamp]

I honestly love Dr. Janega's commentary on anything. She's so damn funny.

[@ewandavidson6603]

The Magna Carta line had me laughing, I’d love to have been taught by her! 😂

[@jaymees6637]

I could listen to Dr. Janega all day. She has a knack for explaining medieval history in a 21st century way. Love her!!!

[@bwalker77]

I like her explanations more than her scores. Outlaw King having the same score as Braveheart is kind of a crime. Other than that, I like how she denounces how Hollywood's vision of monarchy in medieval times seems to have been taken straight out of a fairy tale. Even though it has dragons in it, A Song of Ice and Fire has lot of things right that many movies don't.

[@thrashgordon]

"this is really accurate, 7/10. this is really inaccurate, 7/10"

[@bwalker77]

@Hay_M I don't know where you heard that Braveheart's mistakes had mostly to do with military history because that is not the case.

[@jarrodbright5231]

@Hay_M There are sooooo many things wrong with Braveheart that have nothing to do with the military side of the movie. Wallace's background and family members, the age difference between Wallace and Isabella, the circumstances of Longshanks's death (military campaign not Wallace's execution), the timeline of Scotland's royalty, the very existence of Prima Nocte let alone its practice in Scotland... (deep breath) I'll stop there but I'm not even halfway done. This movie was a fantasy pure and simple.

[@severalwolves]

“this movie got a lot of things wrong, but they did include this one specific thing that I like talking about, so… 7.” - every appraisal in the video, haha lol im playin

[@severalwolves]

@@thrashgordon btw, cool name

[@Robert-hz9bj]

This is a great analysis! I actually never heard about the Magna Carta being annulled by the Pope, so thanks for the cool history fact :)

[@thejasonbeers]

Dr. Janega is absolutely fantastic. I love that this video felt like I was sitting around with friends BSing about movies rather than as a lecture.

[@omicroneridani7456]

Dr Janega and Dr Konijnendijk are utterly spot on: enjoyable, knowledgeable, detailed and merciless, when it comes to breaking down and assessing the accuracy and credibility of medieval films.

[@sophiaherschel567]

Dr. Janega is the teacher i always wished for in history classes. Simply great!

[@nickpass]

More of her please! She is entertaining as all get out!

[@salvesenm]

She needs to do every one of these historical reviews. Knows the stuff and she's hilarious. Love it

[@crazyviking24]

Also love the knight's tale because they actually portrayed the characters of the summoner and the pardoner very closely to how the real Chaucer portrayed them in Canterbury Tales.

[@hollyevolving]

I think part of why people like Richard so much more than John is that since Richard never actually did any governing in England, he never had a chance to fail at it.

[@humblescribe8522]

Also he put competent people in charge in his absence, like William Longchamp, Hubert Walter, and his mother Eleanor of Aquitaine.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

That’s a good point.

[@rickynieves3144]

I agree. Also, the Crusader King or Knight is still such a romanticized concept.

[@davidrogersgames]

This gal knows her stuff and is hilarious at the same time! It would rock having her as a teacher ;)

[@jordanbooth4470]

Could you get a naval expert to review Master and Commander? Hailed to be one of the most historically accurate films ever made, would love to hear what an expert has to say!

[@deankruse2891]

Except for the French ship they were chasing was actually American.

[@jordanbooth4470]

@@deankruse2891 Because it’s utterly inconceivable that the Americans might have gifted or sold a ship to the French

[@deankruse2891]

@@jordanbooth4470 it’s inconceivable that the French would have sent it to the pacific at that time.

[@Gatzby42]

@@deankruse2891 I think they changed the setting from American Revolutionary War to the Napoleonic Wars because you couldn't make a 150 M Hollywood movie in 2003 where Americans were the baddies.

[@deankruse2891]

@@Gatzby42 true, we would have tried Russell crow under the Patriot Act

[@antonleimbach648]

It’s funny to see everyone ALWAYS wearing their armor. Eating, drinking, or just hanging out all the while wearing armor.

[@mnm8818]

Yeah every period movie is like the 300 movie they ride out carrying in hand swords and shield for months and then battle. No need any forearm gym workout after that. Only movie which amazed me is "The King" where they show children servants hunting, chopping wood etc + full baggage train of supplies, armor and 'engineers' to build siege equipment (thumbs up)

[@KroM234]

@@mnm8818 Joke's on you, on campaign especially with enemy parties in the region, during 14th or 15th century, a knight would wear almost full armor 24/7, we have direct written testimonies of this custom. This had multiple purpose. Reinforcing the body, and being ready to fight in a moment. Donning a full plate of even a half plate 14th century armour would take too much time to risk this during a campaign. Knights would sleep in armour during a specific campaign. In French there's the expression "blanchi sous le harnois", meaning a seasoned combattant, litterally translating "Whitened under the armour", referring how the skin of the knights during long campaigns would become snow white because they almost never removed it, thus not being exposed to the sun. Also at a time when gyms were not a thing, a lot of knights used the constant wearing of armour as a mean to exercise the body (cf. method of Jean Le Meingre, or "Boucicaut", Maréchal de France in the 14th century and early 15th century). The guy would use his armour to add weight during his trainings. There are countless French "romans de chevalerie" ("tales of chivalry"), written in old French. I remember particulary Mélusine or La Noble Histoire des Lusignan (late 14th century), explaining this custom during campaigns.

[@ViktoriousDead]

@@mnm8818 and the armor actually works

[@robervalhaha]

@@KroM234 I remember reading that during the 100 years war in some moments both armies would be marching and camping so close to each other that the knights and man-at-arms would do everything, from sleeping to gathering/preparing food, in armor and they would do it for so long that their armor would start to get rusty because they wouldn't dare to remove the armor to do maintenance and risk not being ready in case of an attack. Also we have to remember that the Romans used to do the same thing in their legions, man would do all sorts of works, from blacksmithing, building fortified camps to cooking food in full gear.

[@ATPMolloy1]

LOVE this woman - GIVE HER A TV SERIES NOW !!!!

[@lastmiles]

Still have to love the passion this lady has for her field of study as well as her depth of knowledge. Also we see that a "part one" shirt button did burst and finally say "no more!!"

[@lastmiles]

Also there does neet to be a fart joke in here somewhere. Chaucer would approve.

[@monicafiore20]

I just found my new favorite historian. I love that she is so down to earth and relaxed. She had me cracking up!

[@dzonbrodi514]

"basically all those points are for the wool worf" love this presenter's enthusiasm, she tried to say war wolf and got herself in a mucking fuddle

[@Judesmood118]

Beat me to it! But seriously, this historian is awesome! Makes me miss my college history professor!

[@p.n.9430]

I see what you did there. Nice :D

[@willmfrank]

...Because, as we all know, War Wolf is the name of a gigantic trebuchet, and Woolworf's is the name of a Klingon department store.

[@fortunatejeremy]

Yeah she's pretty great to watch because of her enthusiasm. It's funny how she's so witty and articulate but still mucks the fuddle a bunch of times.

[@Grahf0]

@@willmfrank Which probably sells trebuchets, or some other fucking Klingon medieval-equivalent monstrosity that hurls giant bat'leths and diseased targ corpses. They also sell prune juice. A warrior's drink.

[@theasianjaywalker4455]

Going to my very non-expert church history classes and yes it annoys me how many movies need the 'nefarious church police' which weren't actually a thing anyway. Once again, Blackadder is probably the most accurate summary where a 'Witchsmeller' shows up in town and is part huckster and part lunatic. 'The Church' wasn't sending their FBI to shake down villagers, there wasn't a 24/7 Inquisition going on lol

[@geoffhiggins742]

Try telling that to the Spanish! You might find that's exactly what they had to put up with during the Inquisition.

[@nationlessnationalist]

Just typical postmodern antichristian nonsense.

[@Sciencespipo]

edgy atheists (ie usually lapsed Christian males who want to feel like they're super knowledgeable but aren't at all) are absolutely adamant that the Inquisition murdered millions upon millions and was burning witches everywhere it went. In reality, they weren't that powerful and their power was limited in time and space.

[@Shan_Dalamani]

@@geoffhiggins742 They must have had very poor sleeping accommodations, because nobody ever expected them even though they had reservations.

[@durza7173]

@@geoffhiggins742 Inquisition wasn't around during this time period. They came about later.

[@tamamatu6395]

A Knights Tale is still one of my most favorite medieval movie. Definitely deserves the 10/10

[@joshknisley7149]

Thankyou, I thought this video was going to end in dismay with A Knight's Tale, but instead has graced me with tears of joy. I will for ever love for this

[@renren4m802]

This historian is hilarious - keep bringing them back! "If you don't like a Knight's Tale that sounds like a you problem"

[@tedlogan4867]

Paul Giamatti was absolutely BRILLIANT as John Adams in the namesake mini-series.

[@Aethelwulf_of_Westseaxe]

Agreed.

[@LordJagd]

Role of a lifetime

[@briansanderson5084]

Totally agree about Richard the Lionheart. It shows the power of having a cool name.

[@alisonbird6737]

Exactly lousy king, great pr! I think his mother had a lot to do with his legend.

[@willmfrank]

@@alisonbird6737 And also Robin Hood movies.

[@htx92]

@@alisonbird6737 He was never known for being a great king. I don't know if you are disputing the legendary status of him as a crusader but.. I never liked him much anyway lol

[@alisonbird6737]

@@htx92 Not as a crusader no. Only for the way he treated Britain as a piggy bank , showed no interest in actually governing and nearly bankrupted the exchequer, to pay his ransom. His legend in Britain is as a great warrior, but seldom does his lack of actual kingship come up.

[@TheKamikazenaz]

@@alisonbird6737 So a Churchill as opposed to the great Clement Attlee..

[@bottomless_pit]

She is really cool her enthusiasm makes her amazing I had so much fun listening to her:)))

[@ashleysalahub5057]

I LOVE the way Dr. Janega speaks to the movies and makes it relateable for us folks who don't know history as well.

[@mollybradshaw9336]

This is eye opening. An American objectively looking at English history really puts it in perspective. We are taught fairly standard ways about these events in UK schools, but, as they say, the past is a foreign country and this is exactly how we should perceive it. She really makes it more real this way.

[@ScottishThings]

yet she cant even pronounce louden hill.

[@frankm.2850]

@@ScottishThings Or France.

[@Fifty8day]

I love Dr Janega she makes history so much fun . I'd stay awake in any of her lectures

[@Weth_C]

Favorite guest on this show so far. Would love to see more of her takes

[@xxmrbrooksxx]

Wow, she's amazing. She has a great personality. More with her please. Dr. Janega, you rock.

[@MarkoVukovic0]

She is amazing, as is your name hahaha!

[@1govguy]

I don't know how the algorithm brought me here, but I'm so glad. Been a history nut all my life, and it's so awesome to learn even more by comparing it to modern movies. Brilliant! Thank you

[@DavidSmith-qf4zj]

Dr Janega is awesome. She really makes this video both educational and entertaining. Hope she does more videos.

[@BH-gh6qm]

Never would have expected to relate to this woman so much. Please have her do more !

[@bobmetcalfe9640]

I'm not a mediaevalist, but even I know there was more about fish weirs on the Thames in the Magna Carta than there was about freedom.

[@wellingtonsboots4074]

Thank you Dr Janega, really enjoy your reviews.

[@HistoryHit]

thanks so much!

[@Mjutami]

I love her commentary, combining knowledge with lots of wit! Very appreciated!

[@KellyJelly9976]

Dr. Janega is a gem and needs to be reviewing more scenes. Loved her humor paired with her expertise.

[@braddavis6219]

She's amazing. More with her, please!

[@poggywoggy123]

love this girl. Amazing personality. Would have come top in history if she had been my teacher.

[@adamkatt]

two of her personalities are being held back by that one poor button.

[@nigeltrotter2886]

This lady has a bit of episodes of this History Hit and I'm so freakin glad she does. She is really knowledgeable on this stuff, comes in with all the information she's given. Most importantly, for me, is she comes in with not only a lot of knowledge, but a lot of energy. You show up like that, then it generates more interest in the people that you are teaching and makes more teachers in that area. So, super cape for her for being an actual teacher that cares.

[@arbitrary_raspberry]

She has her own podcast called 'gone medieval' !

[@5ynth3ticNZ]

I think this series is a great addition to your channel. Whoever is running history hit is really on the ball by acquiring all these shows and docos.

[@Velkan1396]

Great video. The main issue going on with this series in my humble opinion as a student of history is that the clips provided to the experts aren't dedicated to their area of expertise. It's obviously still great, but I wanna hear Dr Janega talking about she's specialized in, I think that would let us get the most out of her time. Im glad this channel exists tho, hope to see more of this in the future.

[@mattkent4397]

The trebuchet moment is one of my favorite historical moments

[@tobiasmccallum9697]

As someone who's lived in Nottingham for years, Russel Crowes accent was...... mixed but decent. Which to be honest is pretty impressive, it's a tough accent to nail down. He sounded sometimes like a Yorkshireman, sometimes slightly Irish, but on the whole he did a really good job - way better than any other foreigner has ever managed, respect

[@SoulOnIce1983]

Yeah i recall American movie reviewers making fun of his accent in Robin Hood, just to be obnoxious. It's actually a decent accent and its obvious he wasn't doing the standard "British" accent on purpose.

[@jamesmason8436]

Tbh it's pointless even discussing accents from the Middle Ages. Nobody has a clue.

[@tobiasmccallum9697]

@@SoulOnIce1983 Exactly, RP is the standard for most people wanting to sound British, he obviously put in some decent research

[@tobiasmccallum9697]

@@jamesmason8436 That's kinda missing the point. You don't want Victorian London sounding American etc in movies, it just doesn't work. If you ever produce a global blockbuster and decide to go the other way, let me know how it ends up

[@Fabridb01]

@@SoulOnIce1983 Yeah, the same thing happened with the movie Che, about Che Guevara. I'm from Argentina and I remember the critics in the US made fun of Benicio Del Toro's "fake argentinian" accent, like if they actually knew what the accent sounded like...

[@vekaras]

More videos with her. She’s one of the best of these commenters I’ve ever seen. She has so much charisma and explains well.

[@Pantherblack]

Dr. Janega is brilliant I could listen to lectures from her all day.

[@maxbell6237]

She is so awesome! I would love to just sit and listen to her talk everything medieval for hours!

[@CooChewGames]

"Don't want to get too Judge Dredd..." best quote in a age. Thanks so much 😀

[@meanmutton]

I loved the commentary. This expert was AMAZING. The ratings were far too generous, though.

[@WtbgoldBlogspot]

More of her, please. We love her.

[@harlanhardway5955]

Dr. Janega is a complete boss and also my hero.

[@davidhenry5925]

I love watching Dr. Janega's videos. I learn so much. Thank you!

[@gungasc]

This lady needs to be a professor, she brings a lot of positive energy about history!

[@johnv6806]

And a ton of personal bias. She rated the movies more on how much she liked them not so much on their historical accuracy.

[@AlexanderNixonArtHistory]

@@johnv6806 her magna carta analysis was way off.

[@Arnazisti]

@@johnv6806 because if you want nitpicking there's videos already where someone points out that the armor is 200 years off from the time period

[@johnv6806]

@@Arnazisti i want consistency. She gave black death a 7 while saying it wasn't historically accurate at all. She gave outlaw king a 7 while saying it was extremely historically accurate. Then naturally gives a comedy whos central character is a lowborn acting as a knight and no one caring a 10

[@processfailed]

@@johnv6806 I mean. Literally all history is is personal bias. Historians trying to simply state facts with no personal input is a relatively new thing and it’s till hard to do. There is really no definitive ‘truth’ to history, it’s just what the people of the time (for most of history, the wealthy educated classes) thought was going on. If you want lack of personal bias in history your gonna have a rough time. Anyone who has studied history knows this.

[@hcpookie]

Uses Judge Dredd as a comparison to medieval law... more please! Love her enthusiasm and spirit!

[@kevinadams5592]

I love her. I could listen to her teach me history all day

[@gwydion75]

I'm always so grateful for these critiques. What I didn't appreciate is the kind of trite rushed nature of this presentation. I probably just wish there was more time to build the takedowns with wonderful evidence that we all come to learn.

[@MrLilhauughh]

In 18 minutes, I learned more about medievil history than all of university! She was amazing, thank you

[@ChrisYdT]

God I would love to sit down over coffee or a drink with her and just talk medieval. She’s so knowledgeable and fascinating with an awesome personality to boot

[@brucebostick2521]

just wish she didnt try to be cutcy/make jokes. it cuts into her ability to really interprete things.

[@Pyre001]

I'm a simple man. I see Dr. Janega verbally bitch-slapping bad movies I press Like.

[@78667]

This expert is amazing, I would listen to her describe my shopping list.

[@uha6477]

This was awesome. She did a great job reviewing these. Very entertaining, and informative, but she always is.

[@michaellayne9832]

Love listening to her explain history like this. Thank you for this video!

[@alexcampbell2073]

My only problem with these videos is worrying about them running out of historical films to review lol. Thoroughly enjoyable and informative otherwise

[@vinnieg6161]

Please let there be more awesome historical movies made!

[@Sciencespipo]

there are hundreds of historical movies. Thing is, most aren't in English... which means they will never be reviewed on here.

[@edijsmajors]

@@Sciencespipo ttþtþtþþþþþþtttþtþþþttþþt

[@TheBruces56]

The legend of Robin Hood is one of the reasons many people think King John was evil.

[@Furniture121]

11:55 That is Buliwyf! I believe Ahmad ibn Fadlan wrote his tale, so that people would think him wealthy... They defeated the Wendol plague that was a curse on the lands of Hrothgar.

[@oberstul1941]

are you 13th warrior-ing us right now lol?

[@Furniture121]

@@oberstul1941 100% lol

[@syjiang]

It's just Buliwyf enjoying his reward in Valhalla, endlessly pillaging as a viking in multiple films.

[@stephenh3919]

Priceless.

[@17Watman]

The only historical part of 13 Warrior (which I enjoyed) was the Funeral part.

[@cromwelljones53]

I now have a Historian crush on Dr Janega. Great commentary!!

[@jackdillon1488]

I’m from Rochester and live in Nottingham! Feeling very proud seen by Dr Janega

[@Kurlach]

Interesting. I just watched a review of the same Ironclad clip on a similar Penguin UK video where the historian said that yes, John was known for forcing himself on the wives of Barons. Here it’s disputed as modern day myth. Just goes to show, so much of history (unless there’s indisputable primary evidence) is subject to a lot of opinion and interpretation.

[@michaelbonin6958]

A lot of the complaints she has about Ironclad do actually appear in the movie, it seemed more like she was just reviewing the trailer for that movie, and had not seen the actual film

[@leonardomenzanisilva4495]

My God, she's so perfectly versed in nerdy and history that makes me just want to see her talking for the whole day, bring more of it, please?

[@kylemccormick4589]

Me: this historian’s pretty cool This historian: “not to be too judge dredd about it” Me: *falls in love*

[@ludicrousslim]

Oh my Jesus God in Heaven that is exactly the line that made me want to comment, and the second I scroll down to hit the comment button this is the first thing I see. Kyle, I challenge you to a medieval duel for the hand of fair Dr. Janega!! (If she'll accept me, 'cut she's a totally boss chick who isn't going to allow herself to traded like currency.)

[@joek600]

@@ludicrousslim Im joining the army of dr Janega's simps

[@dsalet1]

I like how she refers to everyone as dudes and chicks.

[@ludicrousslim]

​@@joek600 Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do and die... Okay, wrong historical period, but the sentiment holds!

[@AntonAdelson]

@@dsalet1 And homies!

[@serpent645]

Professor Janega is amazing. Smart, well spoken, knowledgeable, subject matter expert, but not arrogant nor stuffy. I'm a fan!

[@soniamacdonald9193]

She's really not 'well-spoken', she gabbles and a large proportion of her words are simply 'kind of' and 'like' repeated over, and over, and over again ....

[@tomatowarfare849]

Ditch man vs. Pointy stick lady. The battle would be legendary. Great video, thank you.