Who Was Konrad Kyeser (The Medieval Da Vinci) - Kingdom Come Deliverance History

1366 - c.1405
Konrad Kyeser of Eichstätt was a military engineer, a supporter of King Wenceslas IV and the author of Bellifortis, a manual on the military arts, which is the oldest example of a 'Kriegsbuch' to appear in the Bohemian territories. Written in Latin hexameter, the book consists of 140 parchments with somewhat incomprehensible text. It is accompanied by elaborate drawings by Kyeser himself. The book must have been very popular at the time of its writing, as testified by the fact that more than thirty manuscripts have survived to this day.
Konrad Kyeser’s loyalty to the Bohemian King is attested by a number of drawings in the Gottingen manuscript, in particular a depiction of the king’s royal tent with a number of the symbols typical for Wenceslas IV, such as a torse (wreath) and the letter W. The main text is prefaced by a prologue and a long dedication to the King of Germany (Rex Romanorum), Rupert III of the Palatinate, which was probably an attempt to ingratiate himself into his services. Unfortunately, we will never know why he did not dedicate his work to Wenceslas IV.
The ten chapters of Bellafortis are devoted to weaponry, siege warfare and the use of various techniques for besieging towers and castles. They also include prescriptions for making medicine and instructions for preparing baths, information about torture devices, and even an illustration and description of a chastity belt. The book concludes with an 'epichedion', a personal elegy written by Kyeser himself with his portrait and personal details (parents and date of birth), as well as a horoscope from May 1402.
Bellifortis is an adroit compilation of military engineering and technology well-known in Kyeser’s epoch. The author based his book on various previous works, including De Mirabilibus Mundi and Liber Ignium by Marcus Graecus. Some parts are also based on personal experience.
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[@jimbeaux89]

I never knew if Peychar was actually trying to assassinate Keyser or not. Such a great character. Love these videos!! You do such a great job with your research and presentation.

[@ParryThis]

Thank you very much. I certainly try. I recently found out that he was....so be careful.

[@JackJonValois]

In my game peychar eventually killed Konrad and tried to flee but the guards got him.

[@litorres4125]

@@JackJonValois in my play though I didn’t bother talking with him before I just ran him through and was done with it

[@roryoliver6743]

If you wait to approach him when he's breaking into keyser's house, he mutters to himself that he'll kill him

[@Halo1138]

I let him go the 1st time I saw him. When I was wandering around Talmberg I saw an objective had been cleared KILL PEYCHAR I walk back to camp, see his dandy ass folded in half with a single dead guard. Konrad is alive and well and pissed. Honestly, Brian Blessed dialed it back for this game.

[@nathanialcoulson773]

He was always my favourite character because Brian Blessed is just iconic but man I love him even more !!

[@ParryThis]

Yeah, the performance in the game was great.

[@HenryKobyla1407]

The kcd history videos are arguably my favorite ones you do. Great work.

[@abioticguide9240]

Same

[@ParryThis]

Glad you like them!

[@suyuanhu3946]

Hey, Henry come to comment us! 😂

[@nikobellic5198]

This was very interesting. Such a small character in the game, but historically probably the most important we see, other than the king maybe.

[@ParryThis]

Yeah, the bellifortis is hugely influential going forward from there, and helped with a lot of major engineering developments.

[@randomguy80]

It was on my opinnion always hilarious how jumpy he was.

[@ParryThis]

Yeah, his skittishness is very funny at times.

[@jamesh1758]

I’m just utterly astounded at how they managed to bring all the different pieces of the game together so perfectly. They fully could’ve lost their original intentions and went on a massive tangent with Kyeser just from how interesting he is. I’d love to see him in the second game. Brian Blessed voicing him was the perfect choice for a voice actor. I love Brian and think he as a person fits the character very well. I just can’t say enough about how well crafted this largely unknown masterpiece is.

[@suyuanhu3946]

So, he's fascinated by gunpowder tech to... That's explain his radical strategy to use gunpowder rocket to blow Castle Talmberg.

[@ParryThis]

Yeah, i think he got a little carried away, and forgot that he was talking about blowing up the person who hired him's home.

[@suyuanhu3946]

@@ParryThis I wonder how he would react to modern day warfare though... Like he's an inventor, especially on martial techs, what he would say about things like ICBMs, Modern Guns, and stuffs tho... It would be interesting if we could like brought them (inventors from the past like Kyeser and Da Vinci) into modern world just to see their reaction into our time's things and to see how their concepts and ideas also inspire many things across the time. 😀

[@stargatefan10]

Its funny hat in the game, if you dont kill the guy, he will actually attempt to assassinate him.

[@ParryThis]

Yeah, caught me by surprise the first time i didn't just murk the guy.

[@waitingonmars9244]

Love these videos

[@ParryThis]

Thank you very much. I enjoy making them./

[@DeutzFarmer96]

Interesting Topic. Love the vids!

[@ParryThis]

Glad you like them!

[@troydodson9641]

Konrad, you great man. Got Talhoffer's book, ought to get Bellafortis next

[@christianalmazan4289]

Great video

[@ParryThis]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@imarag1193]

And he also had the best voice in game

[@ParryThis]

Thats true. Also some of the best lines.

[@gordonfraser8020]

"It isn't known how his life began". Well, when a man and a woman really love each other.... Thanks for these histories, really enjoying them.

[@forests.9597]

He obviously meant about his childhood 😂😂😂

[@user-gm6qf1ph4n]

Madlad be like: let's smash some glowing rocks around this canister of stupid gas.

[@fellnermichael8401]

Awesome!

[@Cl0ne66]

Oh so is was Konrad who we have to thank for the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.

[@dirt0133]

Wasnt Vegetius a Roman, and therefore predated much of this? I didnt Google this, just going from memory, so if im incorrect....

[@republikadugave420]

My fav character...him and hans capon

[@ParryThis]

Yeah, he just has a ton of personality. And the performance was so enthusiastic, i also loved it.

[@dylankhweziradebe7659]

Btw the videos are great but the intro is a bit earrapey. Otherwise good stuff... watched all ur videos so far

[@ParryThis]

Sorry about that. Ill have to adjust it for future reference.

[@nunyanunya4147]

are the 'tanks' you attribute to Kyeser the Hussian Wagon Forts? this was the first video you did i learned something about :) off to find college lectures and museum presentations on this guy

[@miwoj]

underrated

[@gusfring8451]

Who was Henry of Skalitz?

[@salkey3987]

YEET

[@ParryThis]

YOTE

[@carinasmirnoff1780]

Sounds like a smart guy. Looks kinda funny though.

[@ParryThis]

Yeah, for sure. Very smart, and a bit funny looking, especially like a baby.

[@kitfisto9227]

Da Vinci was literally a medival Da Vinvi because he live around half of his life in medival era.

[@nunyanunya4147]

cool story. you added nothing to the conversation thought it was important enough to talk about puffed your self up as smrt.... but props for using an over used word properly (bet you dont know which one it was)

[@sonobitches]

"the Da Vinci of medieval times" so Da Vinci?

[@ParryThis]

Depends what you mean by the medieval period. as a rough scale, the medieval period goes from 500-1500 AD, and Da Vinci was born during the tail end of this. However, not all nations entered the Renaissance at the same time, and Leonardo da Vinci lived during the Italian Renaissance.

[@ericstoverink6579]

Da Vinci was from the Renaissance, not the Medieval period.