Real Medieval Knight Describes Life During The Crusades

[@VoicesofthePast]

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[@30yearsagotoday]

It's incredible to think how much detail was preserved in firsthand accounts like this

[@kenricnarbrough8191]

its not incredible i think its improbable

[@ikk_ikk]

Another account by a chronicler and eyewitness-priest, Albert of Aachen (1060- 1100), describes the killing of fleeing women, and depicts crusaders as:: “seizing [infants who were still suckling] by the soles of their feet from their mothers’ laps or their cradles…and dashing them against the walls or lintels of the doors and breaking their necks […] they were sparing absolutely no gentile of any age or kind.”The incoherence inherent in a stranger to Abraham calling the children of Abraham gentiles notwithstanding, this account evokes the very same Psalm 137:9 imprecation against Babylon, in Latin, “beatus qui tenebit et adlidet parvulos tuos ad petram.”

[@GunterThePenguinHatesHugs]

_"-I could very well tell you some of their names, but I shall refrain, as they were scrubs."_

[@LucasBright.]

" And verily I didst adjure them - git gud "

[@uncletiggermclaren7592]

@@LucasBright. 🤣

[@xSavedSoulx]

No, I don't want no scrub A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me

[@Harjawalda]

You left out the best quote when they were trapped in the house: Sirs, though we die here, let us die well; and be you sure that they will speak of this in the ladies’ chambers when they hear how valiantly we bore ourselves, and never flinched at all.

[@uncletiggermclaren7592]

When he says "Took the Cross" it was an expression that meant "Would go to the Holy-land on crusade".

[@WhatyourAncestorsknew]

You mean it wasn't about getting a tattoo? 😏

[@Oneiriel]

The ending scene of the Tartar king starving a caliph and then imploring him to eat his own gold and then taunting him that if he spent it wisely, he wouldn't be in such a position made me shudder.

[@ISLAMMEHMEDOF-jt8iy]

As CRIMIAN TATAR I'm proud to be MUSLIM ALHAMDULIA 💪🏻☪️☝🏻

[@DiogenesOfDelaware]

Cringe

[@rimacalid6557]

Not a caliph but a separatist self proclaimed king. Just like bashar the puppet

[@fiddleback1568]

The Mongols were clever and cruel.

[@Skullair313]

That is an effective way to teach someone about opportunity costs.

[@chriskatz2355]

"We did not listen to him" 🤣

[@seranonable]

we probably wouldn't have gotten the video if they had

[@manveeriqbalsingh2544]

​@seranonable in 2024 the camera man never dies but in 1248 the diarist never dies

[@Osvath97]

Ah yes, de Joinville is a classic among first-hand accounts of the Middle Ages, including moments where it really shows high medieval combat in comparatively astonishing detail. I also want to point out that even though this video is quite extensive, it is still a series of excerpts rather than the whole book. I also like how he roasts the King's headgear within the first paragraph.

[@ThorPalsson]

This channel should have 10million subs quality is unmatched in its category

[@solokalnesaltam3015]

One of the few channels I watch hour long videos in one sitting without noticing. Thank you for your work, hearing personal accounts makes the people and their historical contexts feel all the more tangible.

[@MarztheStoic]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="583">9:43</a> he was in no danger of death so the doctors and physicians stabbed and bled him in both arms.

[@dunl488]

Isn't it wild that people for hundreds even thousands of years thought that making a injured or sick person bleed would help them.

[@Kevin-z9f2b]

I think he meant with leeches.

[@B.V.Luminous]

Gotta make sure.

[@matthewriccio5909]

I was looking for this comment

[@thorhasty484]

And then he died.

[@Aaron_J619]

This makes for one hell of a Christmas story.

[@TheRealBatCave]

"The swag was unreal" -Some Knight

[@oliverwharf]

Loving the new visual style.

[@kaiser-of-history]

Seeing history throught the lens of the people of the past is incredible. Thank you!

[@valentinusaurelius2259]

"We did not listen to him." Gave me a good chuckle.

[@JamieAsareZiegler]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="420">7:00</a> - _"You two! Kiss and make up or I will stop the boat right this second!"_

[@iksarguards]

Can't believe this guy's baggin on his King's bonnet.

[@DuncanL7979]

A cotton cap isn't fit for a king!

[@piedpiper1172]

Look, if it ain’t drippy it just ain’t drip

[@adrianlaurenz6922]

This is truly one of my favourite channels on you tube! I rarely comment but I just needed to say that I find your stories so fascinating and so well narrated. I often find myself questioning where you find the wonderful first hand accounts of history and how it seems unreal at times. Also you have a wonderful consistency from episode to episode. I could go on but, suffice it to say that I’m very happy to have such a wonderful channel to enjoy. Please keep up the great work from Adrian in Canada.

[@jfkspillow9527]

Banger as always! Thank you for keeping these ancient voices alive!

[@fratwood_biz]

This was very nice! Good job

[@slippedplauge1885]

"we did not listen to him"

[@blender7]

Had to laugh at that part. You can just feel all the knights turning away from him to figure out amongst themselves what they should actually do.

[@chilairearts4238]

Lol

[@TetsuShima]

Crusaders praying: "Holy Luce of blue hair and yellow robes, guide our path to the Kingdom of Heaven..."

[@Maurice599]

lol ☠️😵

[@-maccabee]

Lolol right

[@josh.3808]

HELL YEAH! Meat, bread and wine for the GOOD LADS AND MEN!! 🍻

[@vikingskuld]

Oh man I need more of this. That was a great listen, but now I feel like I'm going through withdrawal. Like I have been really homesick and have just gotten a letter from home and read it all. Come on isn't there more? Thanks for the video, I really appreciate this one

[@NTLuck]

The contrast between the Crusader's barber physicians most likely making things worse, and a random Muslim warrior knowing more about medicine than them is quite funny

[@todds808]

Best channel of the internet

[@e42yh]

Yay! Right before Christmas, thank you!!!❤

[@vincenzorutigliano5435]

I love this type of editing

[@magicchowder]

Incredible what these men went through

[@noldo3837]

Yeah, for something so silly as religion

[@seramer8752]

Such noble people

[@AndrewBlucher]

Lol

[@gmack99]

This channel is is amazing consistently been one of my favorites

[@knyghtmordhaus9170]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1277">21:17</a> A prime example of "Cant Expect God to do all the Work"

[@jwraithel]

Incredible mind blowing account. Dude goes off on a six year adventure right after a massive, week long party, more or less broke. Your video has piqued my interest in the Crusades again. Can't wait to see more of your "first hand accounts" video's. Anybody got any book recommendations?

[@galloe8933]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="420">7:00</a> Now kiss! No, no, if you two ever want to step on dry land again, kiss. I feel like those two got bullied, but I also feel like they may have been early teenagers with weapons, and random puberty moments.

[@freedomofspeech2867]

Or just two dumb brats who couldn't stop fighting, so the knight forced them to kiss so they would stfu once they got back on land out of shame.

[@Gesu_Re_dei_re]

Thank you brother, you have an amazing channel, God bless you

[@johndeecher5419]

He got 800 lbs in the year 1300!? Isn't that like a fortune?? Haven't gotten through the episode yet. Was this guy a famous swordsman or something? Never heard of anyone getting that before. I thought they all got there pretty much penniless, had to provide their own arms, weren't offered pay, and basically hoped they could loot a fortune...

[@ikk_ikk]

Another account by a chronicler and eyewitness-priest, Albert of Aachen (1060- 1100), describes the killing of fleeing women, and depicts crusaders as:: “seizing [infants who were still suckling] by the soles of their feet from their mothers’ laps or their cradles…and dashing them against the walls or lintels of the doors and breaking their necks […] they were sparing absolutely no gentile of any age or kind.”The incoherence inherent in a stranger to Abraham calling the children of Abraham gentiles notwithstanding, this account evokes the very same Psalm 1<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2229">37:9</a> imprecation against Babylon, in Latin, “beatus qui tenebit et adlidet parvulos tuos ad petram.”

[@ruththinkingoutside.707]

Ohh awesome! A new one just in time for evening off! This is going to be great! Thanks for all the amazing work you guys do.. it’s really been fascinating and enjoyable like few things can be.. truly appreciate your efforts. ATB

[@timelesslegend-bio]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="806">13:26</a> Greek fire lighting up the night sky like a dragon flying through the air! 🔥🐉 How did this terrifying weapon change the tides of battle? This is medieval warfare at its most dramatic! What’s your take on the sheer brilliance and horror of it all?

[@ronkledonkanusmoncher564]

The psychological effect of fire is complex but most of the time it does have the effect portrayed here of demoralizing an enemy and making them afraid of death. Even brave men don’t want to burn.

[@AndrewHamilton-m3u]

Thank you for the upload, so soon after the last, and happy winter solstice to all :)

[@tobybeggs8676]

Perfect vid to download right before I get on a 3 hour bus ride

[@franzweiss9777]

the animations are beyond 🥰

[@damienfeymont3433]

‘Which became him very ill’ Roasted the king

[@behroozkhaleghirad]

I am so pleased to have come across this channel, as it enlightens me about what happened in the dark ages. Knights and kings were not imbecils that I used to think of them. They had to plan, negotiate, fight, manage, and rule all at the same time. Impressive.

[@jlshel42]

I love a good knight time story

[@stopspammingmesrsly]

All sickness posts censored I think the camp illness might be Mucormycosis

[@Redline6ix]

ahhh I see why you said it because of the water coming out the nostrills?...honestly ill give it to you, i know that it was one of the diseases people suffered during crusades but it isnt well documented generally but the tumor and hole in the throat/nasal sectiion...yeah sounds like Mucormycosis to me.

[@adamroodog1718]

do you edit these? i can just remember when from when i was reading it. when he was attacking the turks baggage train just before he defends the ruined house that there was a whole bit about killing a saracen knight with his lance as he was getting onto his horse and the saracens servant holding him down on the front of his horse with a spear where he couldnt reach his main sword and had to get his 2nd sword attached to his horse.

[@adamroodog1718]

because if you do edit them could you not please. i dont think source material should be edited. maybe it was the translation. sorry if it was

[@miltonbates6425]

What a wild time to be alive it would've been.

[@MyDenis0]

Louis the saint was truly a legendary king. He makes legend seem possible

[@mythatsabigone2500]

Plonquet stepped off the boat and missed the dingy 😎 Do you think this is where the term " Plonker " came from ?

[@Redline6ix]

Watching now, The first thought that came to my mind 🤣 It makes sense!

[@namehidden8854]

I teared up at the end! That dream--it is very clear that this knight and the king were very good friends and that it was God who brought them together to do this work.

[@MrThinkforward2]

Great job

[@S0-102]

I am in no position to make demands, but I would love some real picture examples of armor, weapons, maps or cities etc. Amazing story as usual still! Thanks

[@TyroneTyler-eq9fk]

“ God WILLS It ! ! “

[@DevinDTV]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1835">30:35</a> huh?? what was this magic drink that cured him?

[@JohnDoe-yq9rt]

I know what I'm falling asleep to tonight

[@LOREHAMMER40000]

SO GOOD

[@gurufoxx]

"The greatest temptation is trying to control something that we do not fully understand"...I am SURE that's your voice in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, at least in the trailer :D

[@argonianaccount1876]

What in the actual f*** is camp sickness? It sounds horrible!!!!

[@Pulcion]

dysenteries

[@solokalnesaltam3015]

Sounds like scurvy

[@argonianaccount1876]

@@Pulcion the gum presentation though?

[@miltonbates6425]

Probably typhus or dysentery.

[@gerhardushamming4919]

Probably dysentery, or cholera. Both are from tainted drinking water.

[@takezomiyamoto1390]

it's an impressive work of video editing....

[@blava3155]

Please add subtitles to your amazing video, thanks!

[@crappymeal]

The stories go from sounding small scale to large

[@tarikberovic135]

Nice topic definitely

[@missaeon]

I wonder if the knights who talked about how they’d “have the remarrying” of the widow weren’t just being gross but expected to be able to profit off arranging a marriage for her

[@irtnyc]

King Louis... arguably the least effective crusader king?

[@Alexander1005]

Scandalous

[@Harjawalda]

Would have been nice if you had cross referenced the identify of the tartar king, probably Hulegu, grandson of Genghis Khan?

[@raygiordano1045]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="430">7:10</a> It was definitely a very different time.

[@Deluxedracula]

I didn’t even think that yeah if you’re a night during this time and fall in any above head water you are dead immediately.

[@jimmyohara2601]

Knight, DopeY 🙁 🤦

[@artofnick]

Love the channel. What song did you use at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="984">16:24</a>?

[@SirPercival1207]

St Joan of Arc pray for us sinners

[@fillfinish7302]

Blasphemy.

[@franzweiss9777]

@@fillfinish7302 no it's legit. she a saint. intercessing before God.

[@GildaLee27]

Amen. 🙏✝️♥️

[@skyeanthony3473]

Deus Vult

[@ISLAMMEHMEDOF-jt8iy]

ALLAH AKBAR

[@mayachico9766]

​troll lol@@ISLAMMEHMEDOF-jt8iy

[@ISLAMMEHMEDOF-jt8iy]

@@mayachico9766 yes I'm trolling you MoM right now

[@Wasteland88]

​​@@ISLAMMEHMEDOF-jt8iyI bet you scream that phrase while you're with your favorite goat.

[@ISLAMMEHMEDOF-jt8iy]

@Wasteland88 Now now that's not the right way to call your mother a goat.

[@someperson7]

Id be interested to know what drink he was given to cure his tumor

[@DuncanL7979]

They likely had natural remedies like tea made from olive leaves, for the oleuropein.

[@khoalam888]

Saint Louis, pray for us

[@giacomopiccinini9157]

real barbero hours, where my italian Gs at

[@fun2916]

Sad when you realize our ancestors had more holidays while engaged in medieval combat

[@organiccher64]

Carrier pigeons...the good old days!!!!😂

[@wesmarks5428]

What was the nights name?

[@solssun]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2740">45:40</a> w-what is he weighing up there..

[@rimacalid6557]

RIP CATHARS

[@TextileGeorge]

God is good

[@caderiddle5996]

The very source of goodness, the absolute best.

[@AndrewBlucher]

Lol

[@zacknicley8150]

Four or five days seems like a long time to boil an egg.

[@kenricnarbrough8191]

really starting to doubt how many of these stories are true. what are the sources? very suspicious

[@VoicesofthePast]

Source title is in the very first shot of the video.

[@hollowkid97]

What part was suspicious? That people knew how to write?

[@CameronTheCrusader]

Accurate.

[@Onora619]

Yay!

[@TheArcturusProject]

make it a movie

[@mayachico9766]

Forward! To Jerusalem!

[@franzweiss9777]

😂😂😂

[@BEEETRUS]

Became him very ill 😂

[@dmacrolens]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="401">6:41</a>

[@ISLAMMEHMEDOF-jt8iy]

Europe right now 🏳️‍🌈✝️🏳️‍🌈🤫

[@92GreyBlue]

Even enemies treated each other better outside of battle back then than we do to our fellow citizens today.. at least here in California is what I'm saying.

[@miltonbates6425]

You're making a big assumption there and and drawing unfounded conclusion .

[@davidbryden7904]

👋We're right neighborly in this part of SoCal!

[@hollowkid97]

You're drunk. They only let him live cause they lied and Said he was related to the king. It was about ransom

[@connorrhodes6603]

This is ridiculous, it’s written like it’s about knightly success, but it’s actually 75% a Monty Python sketch 🤣 First guy off the boat drowns Everyone then just dies daily. They give themselves a flesh rotting disease and all successes are entirely luck based and thus get attributed to god. Great campaign guys 😅👏🏻

[@relaxedsack1263]

Now kiss!

[@JesusRocksTryPrayin]

woah... im not a tartar guy. Best explanation I've heard, Russia is Magog, North Korea is Gog. BUT, the Istan countries... Turkmenistan popped in my head. to the east.. idk. yeah.. "People have always thought the world was ending." Read the New Testament. Make up your own mind, as to idk, 'people will go to and fro in the earth, and knowledge will increase' is a good example.. never before until now, has that been a thing. anyway, *SMOKEBOMB*

[@roddeazevedo]

Are you serious? It is obvious that Tatar = Mongol.

[@JesusRocksTryPrayin]

@@roddeazevedo hard to say.. "Tartaria is a historical name for Central Asia and Siberia, and is also the subject of a number of conspiracy theories and books" I'm not a tartar guy, but history is corrupt af.. in terms of, academia. ima check the lasagna! EXCITE

[@roddeazevedo]

@@JesusRocksTryPrayin Yes, but which “Asians” conquered Baghdad in the 13th century and killed 1 million people?

[@tripsaplenty1227]

You aren't supposed to drink gallons of the sacramental wine.

[@tonywhite3835]

❤

[@tofuluvrr837]

In this instance, 'the' should not be capitalized.

[@Maurice599]

Wonder how mind blown the crusaders would be if they could see Western Europe now 😂😵

[@brandonmireles3249]

That would be disgusted

[@antonioprovenzano5130]

A fact That they wouldnt dream About not even on drugs

[@RelivingHistory1]

you don't have to go all the way back to the crusades for that. People 50 years ago would be completely shocked

[@ISLAMMEHMEDOF-jt8iy]

Western Europe now 🏳️‍🌈✝️🏳️‍🌈🤫

[@d_rooster]

If middle ages and the crusades are some kind of ideal for you, then I understand your disappointment in modern western Europe. You would make a wonderfull medieval peasant!

[@Renegen1]

wow

[@Sonny-m1f]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1024">17:04</a> wtf

[@sirdebt1628]

Damn