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Children of the Middle Ages HD
Medievalist Dr Stephen Baxter takes a fresh look at the Middle Ages through the eyes of ch...
published: 25 Aug 2013
Children of the Middle Ages HD
Children of the Middle Ages HD
Medievalist Dr Stephen Baxter takes a fresh look at the Middle Ages through the eyes of children. At a time when half the population was under 18, he argues that although they had to grow up quickly and take on adult responsibility early, the experience of childhood could also be richly rewarding. Focusing on the three pillars of medieval society - religion, war and work - Baxter reveals how children played a vital role in creating the medieval world.- published: 25 Aug 2013
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The Mysterious Dark Ages (HD Ancient Middle Ages History Documentary)
The Mysterious Dark Ages (HD Ancient Middle Ages History Documentary)
At its height in th...
published: 13 Apr 2014
The Mysterious Dark Ages (HD Ancient Middle Ages History Documentary)
The Mysterious Dark Ages (HD Ancient Middle Ages History Documentary)
The Mysterious Dark Ages (HD Ancient Middle Ages History Documentary) At its height in the second century A.D., the Roman Empire was the beacon of learning, trade, power and prosperity in the western world. But the once-powerful Rome--rotten to the core by the fifth century--lay open to barbarian warriors who came in wave after wave of invasion, slaughtering, stealing, and ultimately, settling. As chaos replaced culture, Europe was beset by famine, plague, persecutions, and a state of war that was so persistent it was only rarely interrupted by peace. THE DARK AGES profiles those who battled to shape the future, from the warlords whose armies threatened to case the demise of European society, like Alaric, Charles the Hammer, and Clovis; to the men and women who valiantly tended the flames of justice, knowledge, and innovation including Charlemagne, St. Benedict, Empress Theodora, and other brave souls who fought for peace and enlightenment. It was in the shadows of this turbulent millennium that the seeds of modern civilization were sown.- published: 13 Apr 2014
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Elite Fighting Forces of the Middle Ages
This show travels to France to study the Battle at Agincourt. Looking into the tactics of ...
published: 10 Feb 2014
Elite Fighting Forces of the Middle Ages
Elite Fighting Forces of the Middle Ages
This show travels to France to study the Battle at Agincourt. Looking into the tactics of the heavily armored French Knights versus the lightly armored, fast moving expeditionary army of Henry V and his secret weapon, the English Longbow. English deployment Early on the 25th, Henry deployed his army (approximately 1,500 men-at-arms and 7,000 longbowmen) across a 750-yard part of the defile. The army was organised into three "battles" or divisions, the vanguard led by the Duke of York, the main battle led by Henry himself and the rearguard, led by Lord Camoys. In addition, Sir Thomas Erpingham, one of Henry's most experienced household knights, had a role in marshalling the archers. It is likely that the English adopted their usual battle line of longbowmen on either flank, men-at-arms and knights in the centre. They may also have deployed some archers in the centre of the line. The English men-at-arms in plate and mail were placed shoulder to shoulder four deep. The English and Welsh archers on the flanks drove pointed wooden stakes into the ground at an angle to force cavalry to veer off. This use of stakes may have been inspired by the Battle of Nicopolis of 1396, where forces of the Ottoman Empire used the tactic against French cavalry. The English made their confessions before the battle, as was customary. Henry, worried about the enemy launching surprise raids, and wanting his troops to remain focused, ordered all his men to spend the night before the battle in silence, on pain of having an ear cut off. He told his men that he would rather die in the coming battle than be captured and ransomed. The men-at-arms on both sides were high-ranking men who knew that if captured they could expect to be ransomed. As "commoners", on the other hand, the English archers knew they could expect to be killed out of hand by the French if they were defeated, as they were not worth ransoming. Henry made a speech, emphasising the justness of his cause, and reminding his army of previous great defeats the kings of England had inflicted on the French. The Burgundian sources have him concluding the speech by telling his men that the French had boasted that they would cut off two fingers from the right hand of every archer, so that he could never draw a longbow again. (Whether this was true is open to question; as previously noted, death was the normal fate of any soldier who could not be ransomed.) French deployment The French force was not only larger than the English, their noble men-at-arms would have considered themselves superior to the large number of archers in the English army, whom the French (based on their experience in recent memory of using and facing archers) considered relatively insignificant. For example, the chronicler Edmond de Dyntner stated that there were "ten French nobles against one English", ignoring the archers completely. Several French accounts emphasise that the French leaders were so eager to defeat the English (and win the ransoms of the English men-at-arms) that they insisted on being in the first line; as one of the contemporary accounts put it: "All the lords wanted to be in the vanguard, against the opinion of the constable and the experienced knights". The French were arrayed in three lines or "battles". The first line was led by Constable D'Albret, Marshal Boucicault, and the Dukes of Orléans and Bourbon, with attached cavalry wings under the Count of Vendôme and Sir Clignet de Brebant. The second line was commanded by the Dukes of Bar and Alençon and the Count of Nevers. The third line was under the Counts of Dammartin and Fauconberg. The Burgundian chronicler, Jean de Wavrin, writes that there were 8,000 men-at-arms, 4,000 archers and 1,500 crossbowmen in the vanguard, with two wings of 600 and 800 mounted men-at-arms, and the main battle having "as many knights, esquires and archers as in the vanguard", with the rearguard containing "all of the rest of the men-at-arms". The Herald of Berry uses somewhat different figures of 4,800 men-at-arms in the first line, 3,000 men in the second line, with two "wings" containing 600 mounted men-at-arms each, and a total of "10,000 men-at-arms", but does not mention a third line. Approximately 8,000 of the heavily armoured French men-at-arms fought on foot, and needed to close the distance to the English army to engage them in hand-to-hand fighting. If they could close the distance, however, they outnumbered the English men-at-arms by more than 5-to-1, and the English longbowmen would not be able to shoot into a mêlée without risking hitting their own troops. The rearguard played little part in the battle; English and French accounts agree that many in the French army fled after seeing so many French nobles killed and captured in the fighting.- published: 10 Feb 2014
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The Middle Ages in 3 1/2 minutes
An animated timeline from the book 'Science: a Discovery in Comics' by Margreet de Heer. M...
published: 12 Jul 2013
author: Margreet de Heer
The Middle Ages in 3 1/2 minutes
The Middle Ages in 3 1/2 minutes
An animated timeline from the book 'Science: a Discovery in Comics' by Margreet de Heer. More information: http://margreetdeheer.com/eng/science.html.- published: 12 Jul 2013
- views: 412
- author: Margreet de Heer
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Kings and Queens of England: Episode 2: Middle Ages
This episode covers the time from the Magna Carta through to Henry VI,taking in the 100 Ye...
published: 12 Nov 2012
author: AngelDocs
Kings and Queens of England: Episode 2: Middle Ages
Kings and Queens of England: Episode 2: Middle Ages
This episode covers the time from the Magna Carta through to Henry VI,taking in the 100 Years War,the Peasant's Revolt and the Battle of Agincourt along the ...- published: 12 Nov 2012
- views: 54445
- author: AngelDocs
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The Hell's Angels of the Middle Ages
This show studies the tactics of the "Hell's Angels of the Middle Ages." The host studies ...
published: 11 Feb 2014
The Hell's Angels of the Middle Ages
The Hell's Angels of the Middle Ages
This show studies the tactics of the "Hell's Angels of the Middle Ages." The host studies the harsh Nordic life, raiding tactics and sailing techniques of the Vikings. The show culminates in the Viking-Saxon showdown at the Battle of Maldon. The Vikings (from Old Norse víkingr) were seafaring north Germanic people who raided, traded, explored, and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia, and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th centuries. The Vikings employed wooden longships with wide, shallow-draft hulls, allowing navigation in rough seas or in shallow river waters. The ships could be landed on beaches, and their light weight enabled them to be hauled over portages. These versatile ships allowed the Vikings to travel as far east as Constantinople and the Volga River in Russia, as far west as Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland, and as far south as Nekor. This period of Viking expansion, known as the Viking Age, constitutes an important element of the medieval history of Scandinavia, Great Britain, Ireland, Russia, and the rest of Europe. Popular conceptions of the Vikings often differ from the complex picture that emerges from archaeology and written sources. A romanticised picture of Vikings as noble savages began to take root in the 18th century, and this developed and became widely propagated during the 19th-century Viking revival. The received views of the Vikings as violent brutes or intrepid adventurers owe much to the modern Viking myth that had taken shape by the early 20th century. Current popular representations are typically highly clichéd, presenting the Vikings as familiar caricatures. The Old Norse feminine noun víking refers to an expedition overseas. It occurs in Viking Age runic inscriptions and in later medieval writings in set expressions such as the phrasal verb fara í víking "to go on an expedition". In later texts, such as the Icelandic sagas, the phrase "to go on a viking" implies participation in raiding activity or piracy and not simply seaborne missions of trade and commerce. The derived Old Norse masculine noun víkingr appears in Viking Age skaldic poetry and on several rune stones found in Scandinavia, where it refers to a seaman or warrior who takes part in an expedition overseas. The word víking derives from the feminine vík, meaning "creek, inlet, small bay". The form also occurs as a personal name on some Swedish rune stones. There is little indication of any negative connotation in the term before the end of the Viking Age. Regardless of its possible origins, the word was used to indicate an activity and those who participated in it, and it did not belong to any ethnic or cultural group. In Old English, the word wicing appears first in the Anglo-Saxon poem, Widsith, which probably dates from the 9th century. In Old English, and in the history of the archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen written by Adam of Bremen in about 1070, the term is synonymous with pirate and a Scandinavian.[clarification needed] As in the Old Norse usages, the term is not employed as a name for any people or culture in general. The word does not occur in any preserved Middle English texts. In the modern Scandinavian languages, the word Viking usually refers specifically to those people who went on Viking expeditions. The word Viking was introduced into Modern English during the 18th-century Viking revival, at which point it acquired romanticised heroic overtones of "barbarian warrior" or noble savage. During the 20th century, the meaning of the term was expanded to refer not only to seaborne raiders from Scandinavia, but secondarily to any Scandinavian who lived during the period from the late 8th to the mid-11th centuries, or more loosely from about 700 to as late as about 1100. As an adjective, the word is used to refer to ideas, phenomena or artefacts connected with Scandinavians and their cultural life in these centuries, producing expressions like Viking age, Viking culture, Viking art, Viking religion, Viking ship, and so on. The people of medieval Scandinavia are also referred to as Norse, although this term properly applies only to the Old-Norse-speaking peoples of Scandinavia, and not to the Sami.- published: 11 Feb 2014
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MIDIEVAL WEAPONS AND COMBAT - Knights Armor (MIDDLE AGES BATTLE HISTORY DOCUMENTARY)
MIDIEVAL WEAPONS AND COMBAT - Knights Armor (MIDDLE AGES BATTLE HISTORY DOCUMENTARY)
Pres...
published: 11 May 2014
MIDIEVAL WEAPONS AND COMBAT - Knights Armor (MIDDLE AGES BATTLE HISTORY DOCUMENTARY)
MIDIEVAL WEAPONS AND COMBAT - Knights Armor (MIDDLE AGES BATTLE HISTORY DOCUMENTARY)
MIDIEVAL WEAPONS AND COMBAT - Knights Armor (MIDDLE AGES BATTLE HISTORY DOCUMENTARY) Presenter Mike Loades takes us on a fascinating tour of medieval arms and armour, and demonstrates their central role in key events in British history. As an expert who trains people how to use medieval weapons, Mike is in a unique position to show us how these weapons were made and used and their impact on British society. Using a well-known battle as the focus for each programme, and talking to modern-day experts, Mike shows us the properties of each weapon and how effective it would have been in battle. We learn about much more than the weapons themselves as the series draws in themes of technology, religion, geography and even music. KNIGHT'S ARMOR One of the most popular images of the medieval period is the knight in shining armour, looking splendid and invulnerable. Developments in steel plate armour went hand in hand with advances in offensive weapons, as each tried to get the upper hand in what became a medieval arms race. Earlier body armour included 'maille' (popularly known as chain mail), which was not like a chain at all, but made up from an interlocking web of metal rings. From the Bayeux Tapestry it is obvious that maille was standard issue to Norman soldiers and was favoured for its relative lightness and ease of mobility. It gave good protection from long range attack and from a 'glancing blow' but not from heavy close-range attack such as from an axe or a lance. As weapons of attack became more lethal so armour had to improve too. The next stage in armour developments may have been the 'coat of plates' as shown in a carving from 1230 at Pershore Abbey in Worcestershire. This was used across the chest in addition to maille, and experiments show that although the wearer would have suffered a blow from an full-speed lance attack, it would not have been life threatening. In the 14th century, developments in the production of steel meant that craftsmen could make bigger and bigger plates of armour, and the race was on to cover the whole body in steel -- like a steel exoskeleton. The main production centres were in Milan in Italy and in Germany, each of which developed a distinctive style. At the Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow we see a rare example of full plate armour from Italy and learn how each set would have been made especially for the wearer -- a bespoke service, each bearing the hallmark of the maker. Medieval manuscripts show us how soldiers would have put on armour. Although the armour increases safety it also reduces visibility and hearing, so armour was in fact a trade-off between protection and the ability to fight effectively. Helmet visors would have been kept down during long-range attack, such as an arrow storm, but opened up for hand-to-hand combat. Some weapons were specifically designed to get through plate armour and we see a rare example from the time of the Hundred Years War -- a pole axe. At the Battle of Verneuil in Northern France the French knights wore amazing full body armour and decimated the English archers. Although the English won the battle, they had been under huge threat due to the sophistication of the French armour.- published: 11 May 2014
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The Dark Ages...How Dark Were They, Really?: Crash Course World History #14
John Green teaches you about the so-called Dark Ages, which it turns out weren't as unifor...
published: 26 Apr 2012
author: crashcourse
The Dark Ages...How Dark Were They, Really?: Crash Course World History #14
The Dark Ages...How Dark Were They, Really?: Crash Course World History #14
John Green teaches you about the so-called Dark Ages, which it turns out weren't as uniformly dark as you may have been led to believe. While Europe was inde...- published: 26 Apr 2012
- views: 789341
- author: crashcourse
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The Worst Jobs in History - The Middle Ages - Part 1
Think your Job sucks? You aint seen nothing yet! Creative Planet, Creative Thinking....
published: 07 Mar 2008
author: Mike Z
The Worst Jobs in History - The Middle Ages - Part 1
The Worst Jobs in History - The Middle Ages - Part 1
Think your Job sucks? You aint seen nothing yet! Creative Planet, Creative Thinking.- published: 07 Mar 2008
- views: 224950
- author: Mike Z
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1 - Hour of Early Middle Ages Music
Medieval music is Western music written during the Middle Ages. This era begins with the f...
published: 17 Sep 2013
1 - Hour of Early Middle Ages Music
1 - Hour of Early Middle Ages Music
Medieval music is Western music written during the Middle Ages. This era begins with the fall of the Roman Empire and ends sometime in the early fifteenth century. Establishing the end of the medieval era and the beginning of the Renaissance is difficult; the usage in this article is the one usually adopted by musicologists. All music and images belong to their rightful owners no copyright infringement intended. Enjoy!!!- published: 17 Sep 2013
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The King : Life of the King in the Middle Ages (Full Documentary)
The King : Life of the King in the Middle Ages (Full Documentary) ...All our videos for ju...
published: 15 Apr 2014
The King : Life of the King in the Middle Ages (Full Documentary)
The King : Life of the King in the Middle Ages (Full Documentary)
The King : Life of the King in the Middle Ages (Full Documentary) ...All our videos for just education. Subscribe our channel and facebook page to watch our new uploads: https://www.facebook.com/PopularDocumentaries ...... Subscribe History channel and facebook page to watch our new uploads: https://www.facebook.com/PopularDocumentaries Thanks- published: 15 Apr 2014
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Conquest - Weird Weapons of the Middle Ages - Part 1
Conquest Tv show....
published: 28 Feb 2010
author: Hudson2150
Conquest - Weird Weapons of the Middle Ages - Part 1
Conquest - Weird Weapons of the Middle Ages - Part 1
Conquest Tv show.- published: 28 Feb 2010
- views: 134957
- author: Hudson2150
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The Hidden Masters of the Middle Ages: the Limbourg Brothers
The three Limbourg brothers painted landscapes and portraits with a precision that was unh...
published: 10 Feb 2012
author: Getty Museum
The Hidden Masters of the Middle Ages: the Limbourg Brothers
The Hidden Masters of the Middle Ages: the Limbourg Brothers
The three Limbourg brothers painted landscapes and portraits with a precision that was unheard of in their time. They gave us the first snowy landscape in th...- published: 10 Feb 2012
- views: 7877
- author: Getty Museum
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Were the Middle Ages Dark?
There is no period in history more misunderstood than the Middle Ages. Providence College ...
published: 24 Feb 2014
Were the Middle Ages Dark?
Were the Middle Ages Dark?
There is no period in history more misunderstood than the Middle Ages. Providence College Professor of English, Anthony Esolen, vividly demonstrates why the "Dark Ages" would be better described as the "Brilliant Ages."- published: 24 Feb 2014
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Food of the Middle Ages
Food of the Middle Ages: You will learn what they ate and drank in the Middle Ages, utensi...
published: 29 Apr 2012
author: jshall1313
Food of the Middle Ages
Food of the Middle Ages
Food of the Middle Ages: You will learn what they ate and drank in the Middle Ages, utensils they used, and how they cooked and preserved their food.- published: 29 Apr 2012
- views: 2653
- author: jshall1313
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Medieval Post - Modern Middle Ages Music Mix
Medieval Reconstruction Music - The most documented form of dance during the Middle Ages i...
published: 09 Apr 2014
Medieval Post - Modern Middle Ages Music Mix
Medieval Post - Modern Middle Ages Music Mix
Medieval Reconstruction Music - The most documented form of dance during the Middle Ages is the carol also called the "carole" or "carola" and known from the 12th and 13th centuries in Western Europe in rural and court settings. It consisted of a group of dancers holding hands usually in a circle, with the dancers singing in a leader and refrain style while dancing. No surviving lyrics or music for the carol have been identified. In northern France, other terms for this type of dance included "ronde" and its diminutives "rondet", "rondel", and "rondelet" from which the more modern music term "rondeau" derives. In the German-speaking areas, this same type of choral dance was known as "reigen". Sources for an understanding of dance in Europe in the Middle Ages are limited and fragmentary, being composed of some interesting depictions in paintings and illuminations, a few musical examples of what may be dances, and scattered allusions in literary texts. The first detailed descriptions of dancing only date from 1450 in Italy, which is after the start of the Renaissance in Western Europe. Music list and titles (Coming Soon) Visit here for more fun http://www.medievaltimes.com/ All music and images belong to their rightful owners no copyright infringement intended. Mix by Gramila888 Enjoy!!!- published: 09 Apr 2014
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MIDIEVAL WEAPONS AND COMBAT - The Shield (MIDDLE AGES BATTLE HISTORY DOCUMENTARY)
MIDIEVAL WEAPONS AND COMBAT - The Shield (MIDDLE AGES BATTLE HISTORY DOCUMENTARY)
Present...
published: 11 May 2014
MIDIEVAL WEAPONS AND COMBAT - The Shield (MIDDLE AGES BATTLE HISTORY DOCUMENTARY)
MIDIEVAL WEAPONS AND COMBAT - The Shield (MIDDLE AGES BATTLE HISTORY DOCUMENTARY)
MIDIEVAL WEAPONS AND COMBAT - The Shield (MIDDLE AGES BATTLE HISTORY DOCUMENTARY) Presenter Mike Loades takes us on a fascinating tour of medieval arms and armour, and demonstrates their central role in key events in British history. As an expert who trains people how to use medieval weapons, Mike is in a unique position to show us how these weapons were made and used and their impact on British society. Using a well-known battle as the focus for each programme, and talking to modern-day experts, Mike shows us the properties of each weapon and how effective it would have been in battle. We learn about much more than the weapons themselves as the series draws in themes of technology, religion, geography and even music. THE SHIELD There is evidence that the shield, in various forms, has been used for over 4,000 years. Although mainly a defensive weapon, the shield can also be used to strike an opponent and was used entirely for this purpose in certain judicial courts in Germany during the late Middle Ages. Some shields are very large, almost as big as a warrior, and were specifically designed to form an interlocking shield wall. At the Battle of Edington in 878, Alfred, King of Wessex, used this tactic successfully against the Vikings, who were unable to penetrate the rows of shields. In fact, the tactics used by Alfred are very similar to those employed by modern-day police forces when using riot shields today. In this programme we meet a modern-day shield maker to learn how Anglo-Saxon shields would have been constructed using lindenwood (wood from the lime tree) and rawhide (cow skin). Steve Etheridge makes a shield using authentic techniques that include making glue from cheese. At the Royal Military College of Science, Mike Loades tests the effectiveness of three different shields against arrows and axes. The Normans, by contrast, used kite shields -- teardrop-shaped shields used on horseback -- the shape of which gave protection against arrows on turning away from an attack. These shields are seen clearly on the Bayeux Tapestry. The very smallest were called buckler shields, which were made from steel and used from the 13th century onwards. They were held in the same hand as the sword, to disguise the intended movement, and were also used for hitting an opponent. In Tudor times it was fashionable for young men to wear a 'sword and buckler' as part of their everyday dress, as a status symbol. A number of modern-day experts test out ideas about shields, and a musicologist explains the military commands that were blown on a horn. Using 100 inexperienced volunteers, Mike has the challenge of creating an effective shield wall as a cohesive and responsive unit.- published: 11 May 2014
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