Top Medieval Historian Reviews Famous Movie Scenes | Part Two

'Top Medieval Historian Reviews Famous Movie Scenes | Part One'
Dr Eleanor Janega, who holds a doctorate in medieval history and lectures at the London School of Economics, rates 10 well-known scenes from movies focussing on the medieval period.
Eleanor reviews both the siege of Stirling and the Battle of Loudoun Hill as portrayed in 'Outlaw King' (2018) starring Chris Pine. She explores how 'The Black Death' (2010) presents medieval attitudes to witchcraft and paganism, before deconstructing scenes featuring jousting and the poet Geoffrey Chaucer in 'A Knight's Tale' (2001).
She looks at the presentation of King John and Magna Carta in the movie 'Ironclad' (2011), as well as the famous siege of Rochester Castle. Finally, she discusses the death of Richard the Lionheart as shown in the Russell Crowe movie 'Robin Hood' (2010).
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[@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.

[@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

[@timmorris8932]

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. :)

[@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.

[@jet2819]

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

[@CYMotorsport]

@@jet2819 "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

[@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

[@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"

[@FlyingTigersKMT]

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

[@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 :)

[@HeSaidAFunnyGirl]

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

[@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

[@nichmiller4251]

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

[@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.

[@austenbin4068]

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

[@TheAstilesus]

So true.

[@ewandavidson6603]

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

[@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.

[@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?

[@Oi....]

And did they eat Spam alot......?

[@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.

[@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

[@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!

[@mheuman]

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

[@Judokast36]

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.

[@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.

[@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

[@kayseacamp]

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

[@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.

[@AwesometownUSA]

“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

[@AwesometownUSA]

@@thrashgordon btw, cool name

[@noneyobidness3253]

Doctor Eleanor is now my favorite scholar... With bombs like "the magna carta wasn't that big a deal" and totally simping for Geoffrey Chaucer...

[@LazyLifeIFreak]

If my history teacher had been more like her, I too would've been more interested in history.

[@jarrodbright5231]

She's definitely up there, but not quite up with Roel Konijnendijk aka "The Dig a Ditch Guy"

[@VivBrodock]

one thing that has remained true my whole life when learning history is that humans have always been the same creature, gladiators are jousting knights are professional athletes. Fart jokes are fart jokes. Graffiti is graffiti. Music is music. At no point in our human condition have these things ever been different for us. But people tend to have this prelapsarian view that things were "better in the past" that "the ancients were wiser then us". That's why I love the Knight's Tale *so* much, it takes a medieval tale and frames it in modern culture to tell it's story, to make it easier to connect with it's characters, is it anachronistic? yes *on purpose* because to the youth at the time the music might as well have been David Bowie, jousting might as well have been football, knights might as well have been pro athletes. And of course, it tells the most human story of all, a person struggling to hold onto something the rest of the world has decided they shouldn't have.

[@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.

[@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.

[@Thehighwayman429]

"Oooohhh, it's church police; that's not real." And that was when I fell in love.

[@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

[@MauriceMoore1983]

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]

@@MauriceMoore1983 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]

@@MauriceMoore1983 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...

[@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.

[@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.

[@HandleMyBallsYouTube]

@@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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..

[@tedlogan4867]

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

[@Aethelwulf_of_Westseaxe]

Agreed.

[@LordJagd]

Role of a lifetime

[@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!

[@ATPMolloy1]

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

[@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.

[@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 :)

[@davidrogersgames]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@michaellayne9832]

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

[@monicafiore20]

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

[@tamamatu6395]

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

[@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!

[@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' !

[@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.

[@nickpass]

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

[@cariboubearmalachy1174]

Can't believe she didn't mention that Lionheart tried to sneak into England in disguise, got captured like a chump, then John was forced to levy crippling taxes in England to pay his brother's ransom.

[@davidweihe6052]

He got shipwrecked in Austria's territory, then tried to get to an ally's realm to sail back to Angevin lands, but they caught him and gave him to the Duke Of Austria, who had to pass him on to the Emperor for ransom.

[@egofluff8897]

It was illegal under threat of excommunication to capture and ransom a returning crusader which applied to Richard

[@TheBruces56]

That happened in France.

[@joellaz9836]

Herbert Walter was the one who did the taxes for Richard, not John. The uprising against John wasn’t because of raising taxes to pay for Richard anyway. That came much later.

[@jacobwalsh1888]

John had no intention of paying Richards ransom. Idk where you got that insane idea. Any taxes John levied were entirely for his own purposes. Richard wasn't anywhere near England when he was captured, I invite you to look at a map and locate Austria.

[@renren4m802]

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

[@sophiaherschel567]

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

[@TheBruces56]

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

[@Pyre001]

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

[@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.

[@maxbell6237]

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

[@akwinter]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@salvesenm]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@Weth_C]

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

[@mattkent4397]

The trebuchet moment is one of my favorite historical moments

[@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.

[@erikmacleod9934]

I am a medieval historian (Crusades) & I despair when watching 'Robin Bloody Hood'. Th opening scene of Richard Lionheart (RL) besieging Chalus castle is wrong in almost every aspect. * RL only wore his crown twice: At his coronation in 1189 & when recrowned in 1194. * RL was not killed on horseback. * When RL was killed the Angevin forces were not actively attacking the castle as they were finishing dinner. * After dinner, with only one crossbowman on the walls RL walked out with a shield bearer & was shot in the shoulder. * The statement that this was the last siege and afterwards they may return to England is also false as this was just one siege in many subduing the viscount of Limoges. After which RL would have returned to his French-Angevin lands not England. * When hit with the cross bow bolt RL calmly walked back into his tent, to avoid raising the confidence of the castle defenders. * The shields are from the time of the Fifth Crusade (1220 AD,) about twenty years after RL died. * The long bows shown in the film did not became prevalent, outside of Wales, in war for another century.

[@DavidSmith-qf4zj]

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

[@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.

[@Fifty8day]

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

[@atimidbirb]

"Pointy stick: probably the number one way people died back then" This is how you know she is an expert. No need to be fancy. It is what it is.

[@Mjutami]

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

[@Nyeoom]

Hey, kudos for switching up the History Hit ad to the end and switching up the scenery, much more palatable. Thanks for the free content!

[@wellingtonsboots4074]

Thank you Dr Janega, really enjoy your reviews.

[@HistoryHit]

thanks so much!

[@KellyJelly9976]

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

[@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

[@braddavis6219]

She's amazing. More with her, please!

[@MelbourneMatty]

I love all these episodes. Listening to people talk about a thing with which they have a passion is wonderful. But also “…not to get too Judge Dredd about it…” cracked me up.

[@Shan_Dalamani]

She tends to assume that everyone knows the same pop culture references she does. I have absolutely no idea who Judge Dredd is.

[@MelbourneMatty]

@@Shan_Dalamani here you go: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Dredd

[@catecoleman9852]

"Killed a bunch of horses RIP" 🤣 excellent way with words, Doc!

[@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.

[@torfinnzempel6123]

The reason everyone loves Richard the Lionhesrt is because he was never around to blame for all the bad shit that happened.and the reason everyone hates John is because he was around to be seen raising taxes... to pay for Richard's ransom. That's right, the reason John was raising onerous taxes in Robin Hoid is because he had to pay King Richards ransom.

[@glenchapman3899]

@@reesehendricksen4838 The problem is compared to John he was a saint lol

[@davidweihe6052]

John was an absolute master at making people hate him. John was raising onerous taxes to pay for unsuccessful attempts to regain his French castles/territories, whereas Richard was successful in regaining his. Their mother, Eleanor Duke of Aquitaine, raised the ransom. John also charged his mistress a fine/fee to visit her husband on their lands for a few days, almost certainly just to do a bit of business. He was forced to sign the first Magna Carta, violated it, and then half the English barons sent to France for the King to take England. Since John was a vassal of the French King, said king felt that he would be violating their relationship contract, so he sent his son and heir, instead. Wisely, John died of dysentery first, and Sir William Marshal (Earl of Pembroke, second creation, having married the daughter of the previous one, who moved to Ireland to help the King of Leinster regain his lands and marry HIS daughter, so the trope was real!!) became young Henry III's regent (which solved half of the late John's problems, right there) then led his army, including the final charge in his late 60s, to defeat any still rebel barons.

[@glenchapman3899]

@@davidweihe6052 and on top of that lost the majority of the crown jewels

[@jacobwalsh1888]

John had zero intentions of paying the ransom. Why would he? He had nothing to gain from it.

[@2bingtim]

@@reesehendricksen4838 Richard had seriously humiliated the Austrian guy in Palestine, so the opportunity to capture & hold Richard to ransom was payback for Richard's slight.

[@BH-gh6qm]

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

[@davidhenry5925]

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

[@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 ....

[@ihategooglealot3741]

Brilliant, from Edward at Sterling to "anyone who doesn't like A Knight's Tale"

[@bottomless_pit]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@anonnymousperson]

Ok, I absolutely love this historian, such a great amount of knowledge and such great delivery. So fun. It does really annoy me when shows don't just get the history wrong but also mischaracterise the history they get right and give characters a much more modern viewpoint than they would have had.

[@hcpookieWorkout]

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

[@jackdillon1488]

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

[@uha6477]

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

[@mordant221]

Netflix, give this woman a job! We need more historians working in these movies.

[@drewskij2175]

That'll never happen, we would cost them to much money because we'd command better costuming and most of history is god awful boring.

[@christophe7723]

History is far from boring, "unrealistic" things happen all the time

[@odizzido]

@@drewskij2175 There is probably a lot of low hanging fruit though. I don't know about any of these movies or know much history myself, but I do know in star trek next gen/DS9/voyager they could have fixed a lot of little things if they had hired a high school child that has interest in science and tech to go over the script and correctly use terms like upload and download.

[@drewskij2175]

@@christophe7723 it goes back to asking soldiers what war is like, it's 1% chaos and 99% sitting around doing nothing. To me yes it's far from boring to 99% of the world is it.

[@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it]

she knows shit about history. her prev video about the last duel, 7/10 for braveheart and missing entire HENRY V plot.... yeah .sure netflix like those half assed historians. thats why we have anne boyle played by black woman

[@Sebuin]

Actually John was known for sleeping with nobles wives then doing a "what ya gonna do about it?" situation to them. He did it to my ancestor Eustace Fitzjohn De Burgo, It may have been his son William I forget at the moment and should have saved the sites i found. My uncle was big into the history and showed me when I was a kid. I thought was cool but didn't pay it much mind. When I was 16 I joined a medieval recreation group and one day I was telling a friend about it and he went in the other room and came back with a history book showing the account about how he sent for the man's wife. My ancestor was on his way home and encountered her (they were from northen England Alnwick) and figured out what John was up to, sent a prostitute in her stead and fled to relatives in Scotland. Just a critique I really love her review and it's not like I think she has every tidbit of history floating around. I just happen to have a connection to this one.

[@alexwinter6720]

I disagree with her opinion on Henry viii John was a bigger c#nt

[@DuckAllMighty]

Great professional reviews, and I agree with your scores other than maybe Outlaw King. One of my favourite media about medieval times, is the manga Vinland Saga. It's so fucking good and really shows the kind of absolute power the king holds and the amount of betrayal and assassination that happened in the Danish royal family around Harald Bluetooth, Svend Forkbeard and Knud The Great. Also almost true and great depiction of clothing, armours, weapons, houses, how they lived, their culture, their ships and actual Viking battle tactics, there are some artistic freedom from the writer with the main characters, just to set them aside from the masses, but other than that, almost spot on. The manga, written by Makoto Yukimura, also took around 5 years of research before he even started writing. He travelled from Japan here to Denmark, where he started his research, then went to Sweden, Norway, England, Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland, and even as he's writing the story now, he occasionally takes a trip to Scandinavia, to speak to a historian, to get the details correct. Now as far as the characters goes, most of them existed and the main character, Thorfinn Karlsefni was a real Norse person, that grew up in Iceland, not much is known about his early life, other than he obtained the tittle Karlsefni, meaning "Great man" or "Sterling man". Karlsefni was a tittle given by the king and it was given for either great deeds in battle, trade deals favouring the kingdom or great exploration. When he headed for Vinland (New Found land, Canada), he had already obtained the tittle. In Vinland Saga, he's given the tittle for his service in the war in England under Knud the Great, in reality, as I said, we don't know how he got the tittle, but highly likely for fighting in England. Even if you are not into manga, but love a fantastically well written story, that's has almost perfect historical accuracy and have a great love for Vikings, read Vinland Saga. Just be prepared, that it's based on SAGAS, so it have some fantasy elements like hyper masculine dudes, that are almost 2.5 meters tall and can fight hundreds of men, and they also bring some ships over land by carrying them at one point, but the rest is just so realistic. There are some details and maybe a house or two, that aren't historical accurate, but they are such a small part of the story, that the rest of the accuracy just outshines it. Thousands of times better than "Vikings" or any other Western depiction of them. Probably THE best depiction of Northern Medieval Europe and its culture.

[@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.