Did MEDIEVAL PEASANTS really live that BADLY?

I know there is an argument that medieval times was not as miserable as we assume….but it certainly does sound like it..

They are trying make being an owned a serf, or servant, look cool and comfotable with nothing because you soon be one.

So animals were their natural alarm clock. I love it! 😊.

Have you done a video on the games you mentioned they played? I’ve had a look but can’t see one. Currently binging a couple episodes a day 😂

how do we even know if the medieval times were brutal? what if they were way better compared to today modern era?

09:00 it's crazy to me that teeth brushing wasnt a thing in Europe for so long. In our (Turkish )culture, people used a type of brush which was basically a branch of "misvak" tree that has tightly stacked fibres that act like a brush. Fun fact: it is said that in a war (i forgot which one 😢) European soldiers see the ottoman army "doing something to their teeth with branches" all together, which was only them using misvak branches to brush their teeth, but the Europeans under the influence of "Turkish barbarians" etc stories actually believe that it was Turks sharpening their teeth to cannibalize them 🤣🤣🤣.
last fun fact: Turkish word for "cannibal" is "yamyam". Pronounced as "yum-yum". The more you know :DD

can i raise from peasent to someone ?

poaching in my area is still quite high - mostly rabbits

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Yeah absolutely these people would have been fit as f***, tough and strong as long as food wasn’t a problem. I think they probably had good teeth too, no sugar and plenty of fibre would see to that.

i like his stick

I would give up modern slavery to poop in a hole any season of the year

‘I’ve got 17 horses’ is the biggest unintentional flex i have ever heard

"You don't want anything that a dog's peed on, of course."

My, aren't we fancy! 😅

Brother I am a peasant right now

Very interesting.

The lords used to hold events for their workers sometimes

Wood pidgeon was used a lot

You wanted proof of poaching by peasants in the middle ages to add meat to their diet and mentioned drinking alchol in the church yard ? Then listen up.
As told by my great great grandmother to my grandmother. And told to me by her grandaughter who is my grandmother who was born in 1899 of the Prestin family history from Prestin Germany where the Prestin church was built of wood in the 11th century and rebuilt of stone in the 13th century and still stands in the very north of Germany "As far north in Germany as you can go....
""We worked in the fields 6 days a week as slaves from sun up to sun down all the men and the women where we were watched all day for hundreds of years there was No meat allowed in our diet and the children would fish under the bridges where they could not be seen and bring the fish home in their aprons and on the 7th day we had to go to "The Lords Hall" all the men and the women where they were watched and had to stay all day and they drank bear so we were watched all the men and the women all day 7 days a week"
So there you have it, a family story passed on from the "middle ages", there are other pieces, but that says a lot about what they lived under. The Story is to be told with a deep and abiding but quit anger in your words to vet the feel of the story teller.

the morning ablutions these days known as a cat lick or a pits n bits 😅

Why was it illegal to go poaching?

i think the best part of your videos is your voice. I kind of use it as background noise that I tune in and out of and you describe things in a very pleasing manner.

I could listen to you for ages, you're a natural at this. Great content.

so is the life British Patriots are asking for?

people definitely looked forward to seasonal fruits, and in old stories often would eat themselves sick trying to eat as much as possible while it was available. Not sure when canned/jarred preserves came around, though that generally also requires sugar or honey

The "little or no meat" unless you risk your neck poaching is brutal. Would butter be common?

But what would you do if it wasnt the harvest season

Even peasants must have had musical instruments to play in the evening. That is pretty universal in all cultures. Even if it is home made reed flutes and whistles, basic drums

How the wake up time differ during the year? Was it always at dawn? How it differ between June/July and December?

Ah, I see people are interested in shadowing at my job. nice

Yeah, I agree I'm not fully convinced they really did the "double sleeping" thing people say they did. I mean, sure it's possible, if experts say there is evidence it happened, who am I to say it couldn't have happened, but I also remember that medieval people were just people and still did things the way people generally do, and generally all around the world people go to sleep and sleep through the night.

My family still calls the mid day meal dinner. The last meal is still supper to me.

19:25 Those type of teas have lots of vitamins and minerals from the plants and are very good for you. That's another health benefit the peasants would've had - they were drinking herbal teas with medicinal qualities, instead of drinking modern tea or coffee, which is basically full of caffeine.
19:06 I wonder if they made lavender water or rose water, to make their clothes smell nicer? I know that lavender protects against lice, so perhaps they had knowledge of herbs which would keep moths away from their clothes, or other pests. 🤔
27:33 I think it's very telling that the word for the meat of an anim is different from the animal itself, except for lamb and chicken. Peasants could probably steal the odd chicken, and if a ewe had twins, they could take one of the lambs for themselves. If they shared it around with their neighbours, it would be eaten up in no time and the evidence is all gone!

12:28 It's funny how old toilets are a goldmine for archaeologists! If any belongings got dropped down here (some coins, a hair comb, a knife etc etc) you're hardly going to want to go and get it out of all that poo. So, centuries later when it's lost it's noxious properties, archaeologists can find all these little household items, which can reveal a lot about how people lived their lives back then.

I was thinking how healthy this lifestyle was! Waking up at sunrise, and your day following the sunlight is very good for your circadian rhythm. Between that, and all the physical exercise they had to do, I doubt they suffered from insomnia very often! Before the Americas were discovered, there was no tobacco, so no-one was smoking. I suppose the only vice available to them would be drinking too much ale, but they probably wouldn't be able to afford wine or spirits, so they might not have been able to get that drunk, just on the weak ale that was available to them. There were no processed foods, and they would've eaten a lot of vegetables, so their diet was a lot more healthy than our modern diet. I suppose it's mainly infections, injuries and infant mortality which brought down their average lifespan, without those their average lifespan might even surpass our own!

What about all the feast days and fairs?

Hi. Laughter, Joking around, Banter, Fun loving attitude. When we think of simpler times, we think of childhood.

Working in a farm gang as a youngster, we were always fooling around... makes the toil easier.

It's insane that we ruin perfectly good water and flush away nutrients from the land.

Just found your content and I vibe with it immensely great stuff

I’d rather be a peasant. What I am now just isn’t working.

7:20 Him, casually, "I've got 17 horses"
Me: "MY LIEGE"

what is a modern day peasant's day like? ... serious question

I had a crazy rooster that would start crowing around 3:00 am. Every morning he would wake me up, he was so confused 🤣🤣🤣

solids... hmm
my new favorite word!

Great video!

I love to educate about medieval history as well.

Well said 🎉