What Were Medieval Houses Like?

In this video we look at Medieval Houses briefly and explain what they were like and also how they changed over time. Previously we've looked at Medieval Castles, Forts and Palaces however where did the lower-class people live, and what were their houses like? Well originally Anglo-Saxon homes were extremely basic and we show you some images of these. In Britain none of these are still standing, purely due to the fact they were made from wood and didn't survive exposure to the elements and fire. However as time progressed, and with the Black Death arrived in Britain, Peasants were now able to earn more money. Because of the sheer amount of Peasants that the Black Death had killed, many landowners needed them to work on their land and fields. So they began to earn more money and spend some of this on housing, improving their homes.
Finally we look at Tudor housing, and some of this is remarkable and spectacular and you can still see these buildings today. The Tudor homes look ornate and are rather grand and beautiful. However today, join us as we look at 'What were medieval houses like?'
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[@ronnato162]

Back in actual medieval time the scenery was quite different from how it is in these photos. There were more trees and the land was less clear cutted.

[@michaelrochester48]

Many of these houses were where my ancestors actually lived so this was especially interesting

[@baileytyler3814]

Same lol

[@robholloway6829]

Americans: "Muh Ancestors"

[@65stang98]

@@robholloway6829 since his last name is Rochester wouldnt be surprised. ive traced my fam back to 1440s in staffordshire its not hard.

[@yeahmanyeswe]

That's so cool

[@israeladesanya4596]

Where are they

[@thevonshallow]

my school showed this in history, thats pretty cool, and you did it well that it was interesting

[@robertjohnson1109]

Really loved it. Interesting topic, and the delivery was perfect. I have literally been wondering about the lighting conditions in medieval homes for about the last week.

[@TheUntoldPast]

Thanks for the great comment mate :) Thanks once again for your kind words and i'm pleased I could have answered part of your question!

[@jonxcix]

I commented on the Reddit post too but keep up the good work! Great video.

[@TheUntoldPast]

Thanks for your kind words mate :)

[@jonxcix]

@@TheUntoldPast do you have any book recommendations for whatever source material you used for this video? I'd love to do more research on the topic especially regarding the shortage of peasants you mentioned.

[@maryharvey724]

Excellent!

[@PierreLaBaguette]

Nice and informative! It would be really great though if you could provide your information sources in the video description. You know, anyone can say anything and it's important to spread only sound information (besides more info-food for us nerds is always welcome too)

[@xuwenlai1337]

Nice , now I can use some of it information just for building houses in Minecraft XD

[@TheUntoldPast]

Glad to have helped! Haha!

[@pixelstudio3700]

Same

[@andrewreynolds4949]

Sources? I’m fairly sure wattle & daub construction was used far earlier than depicted here

[@higglety230]

That occurred to me as well. It also makes it seem as if they didn't have any indoor cooking or heating until after 1348 which is nonsense.

[@andrewreynolds4949]

@@higglety230 After reading some more on this it seems like wattle & daub is a rather ancient technique, and what he's mistaken it for is the beams & whitewashed panels finish on top. That's still older than the Tudors, but they built particularly large and impressive structures in that style

[@coe8159]

I don’t know if it’s just me but I would love to live in one of these houses they look a lot nicer than modern houses in my opinion.

[@TheJaxxJackson]

If you enjoy having rats and bugs running all over you while you sleep then sure! Would be lovely!

[@coe8159]

@@TheJaxxJackson I wouldn’t mind them if I got the joy of living in a house so beautiful!

[@budd2nd]

@@coe8159 My husband and I stayed in a Tudor half timbered home, a couple of years ago. It had been converted into a small bed and breakfast hotel. It looked beautiful but was actually freezing cold and somewhat wobbly and rickety. Very uneven floors for example.

[@sgilbert5753]

Stokesay, the featured late 13th century house, reminds me of a little abbey that, for whatever reason, became converted to a wool merchant's residence. Its survival is attributed to it having been used as a barn for centuries. For medieval architecture and social history buffs, I understand that the remnants of , the allegedly oldest manor in France with sufficient remnants extant for historical architects to surmise some rendition of, is attributable to the counts of Meulan, Ile de France. The interesting point about it is that it demonstrated the existence of separate buildings for the hall and the chamber ( the term for the lord's private residential accommodation). The hall can only be conjectured as to what it may have looked like, due to the paucity of its remnants; however, the chamber has been artist reconstructed off the sufficiency of its remnants incorporated into a subsequent church that is extant. Point being, the findings illustrate that in the early 12th century, not all manor houses consisted of a multi purpose core hall building that had a cross wing, with a solar (lord's residential quarters) on the cross wing's upper level. The other revelation is that the domestic architecture, for those who were able to afford it, must have been built by cathedral master masons (the term "architect" did not then exist). The rendered architectural drawings of this chamber show arcades, purely decorative, of a sophisticated artistry that rather surprised the art historians, and proper stone internal stair case, complete with landings, as opposed to spiral or external stairs connecting the floor levels. As for heating, given that there was a floor over the ground floor, one aught not forget braziers had been in common use in antiquity well before the development of the chimneyed fire place, allegedly developed in NW Europe in the late 11th century; however, being an expensive luxury, its coming into general use took some time to become ubiquitous.

[@muneebkhan7465]

Thanks a ton for making this video.I am highly interested in medieval houses .Can you make a video about medieval Arab houses

[@kolotiti]

Really nice made video but 2 points I don't agree with. Wattle & daub was not invented in 14 century it is an really old technique. I was on Celtic excavations from a site around 100 BC and there were already remains of this technique. Maybe you meant timber-framework+ wattle/Daub combination? Also the second it was not this technique that allowed fire to be moved inside as there were houses much older with fireplaces inside.

[@LauraFetterman]

OMG SOOOO COOL!

[@susanjoseph2380]

I love castles. Hard to dust

[@bread5460]

very nice

[@TheUntoldPast]

Thanks :)

[@AsbestosEnjoyer]

It sounds kinda ridiculous to say that early medieval houses weren't repaired or upgraded because the occupant "couldn't afford to", when the house is literally made of wood and thatch that a person could gather for free by walking to the forest that was propably less than 100 meters from their house.

[@fightfannerd2078]

3:34 lol that part me laugh

[@9SRR]

15th also i replied ti the title like this :medieval . Edit this was super cooooool

[@bigschnozer576]

It’s not like I lived in the medieval times so why do I feel nostalgic?

[@asylumlover]

I AM IN READING PENNSYLVANIA USA, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE, OR AT LEAST DID HAVE, A RITZY RESTAURANT AND CLUB HERE CALLED, YOU GUESSED IT, THE STOKESAY CASTLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WONDER IF IT WAS NAMED FOR THE ONE SHOWN HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALSO, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PLAGUE IN 1347-8 WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF FEUDALISM IN JOLLY OLD MEDIEVAL ENGLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@StarshaLaLuna]

Omg I love his voice

[@heidi2166]

Now The Peasants live in tents and the Lords and Ladies live in what are called houses. In a way to even things out I do not want us to have another pandemic that equals the Black Plague.

[@twvdm5745]

I'm an historion and this is video is creative and I think it took you a lot of work, but the "facts" and information you give is mostly wrong.

[@mchamb111]

0:55 looks like somebody plays fortnite they built a ramp to the roof of house

[@TheUntoldPast]

Agree with this!

[@burdabashins]

Why is everyone on this platform determined to have the most annoying speech pattern? Atrocious.

[@Animevac4874]

Isekai in real life

[@petersack5074]

SPACE, has allwalys been Englands' problem. So, in those days, they created MORE floor space, by having the ceiling cross beams, extend out over the top plate, of the walls, lengthways. This, helped support the roof beams, in the center, by offsetting the downward weight , of the roof. Also, top floors had MORE area. Good thinking, planning by the forefathers of todays' Englishmen/women. Some extend fairly far....5:20 time....0:15 time.....and others. Notice it ! USE your mind = to 'analyze '.....things. You will n e v e r ever regret it. Learning, is life long. P{eace to all.

[@samaelilith6099]

Why he talks rare like that

[@pim1234]

Why do you talk so straaanggee ?

[@lemming9984]

I was wondering that. Prefer an ai robot voice.

[@SpanishBroccoli420]

This sounds like the British Burger King foot lettuce

[@danielledegeorge2129]

Can I just say that I'm so sick and tired of watching "documentaries" where the narrator whines about what the lord had and the peasants didn't. Nothing's changed nowadays. People have and people have not. I came here for life in a medieval manor, and maybe some architecture, not a bitchfest about the aristocracy.

[@LadyDecember]

I feel that. I want to be presented with the facts and make my own conclusion without the biased input of the narrator, regardless of whether the narrator is morally correct or not. That's how misinterpretations can start, how you emotionally or politically feel about a certain thing can distort how a fact is presented.

[@conflictt3224]

mostly wrong.

[@jankjason]

Modern houses can be so boring looking.

[@nguyenminhat9374]

what wrong with your voice?

[@sabinarussoniello8380]

nothing he’s just northern😭

[@h.5997]

His intonation is just unusual

[@susiearviso3032]

What IS wrong with your house?

[@marigold67677]

Overuse of the word peasant