6:20 when you're fighting to the death but your horses were friends back in high school

@HanSolo__

3 жыл бұрын

6:23 When you are proud Teutonic Order Brother yet with ass beaten by the Poloniae Regis noble.

@zurgesmiecal

2 жыл бұрын

@@HanSolo__ when you're a polish kid and your inferiority complex dominates your whole life

@zurgesmiecal

2 жыл бұрын

@Sam never saw a horse fight?

@jacobb751

Жыл бұрын

@@zurgesmiecal its a joke😤

@zurgesmiecal

Жыл бұрын

@@jacobb751 and I asked a question

Funny thing is, your video left off roughly where my knowledge picks up. After the advent of the arquebus, armor began largely retracing it's steps, reverting from full plate to cuirass/shoulders/greaves in the 1500s, then just a cuirass in the 1600s. By the late 1700s, armor had reduced to leather pieces integrated into uniforms, with reinforced boots and gloves. It then all but disappeared aside from helms until the early-mid 1900s with the adoption of heavy leather jackets by aircraft pilots, then flak vests in the 1960s. In the late 1900s, we regressed all the way back to padded cloth, except the fabric being used was Kevlar. This brings us to the 1990s, when we discovered the joys of ceramic, and turned our modern doublets into cuirass again, and then the early 2000s, when the peak of mass-produced armor tech was ablative ceramic scale mail over padded kevlar cloth. If you read this far, like or respond, and I'll do sufficient research to turn it into an actual response video.

@semagicus693

6 жыл бұрын

So, the next logical step would be a ceramical full plate... Oh, hi there, space marines!

@kaipreiss8846

6 жыл бұрын

First world war, chain mail and plate armour was used quite extensively, in fact it has never really fallen out of fashion, it was used in cabinet warfare, just as time went on and standing armies got larger the cost of equipping all soldiers with it became too high so these individuals were required to buy their own and if not go without. Modern combat armour is just this medieval tech using modern materials

@F14thunderhawk

6 жыл бұрын

you need powered Endoskeletons for that and it will skip right from Ceramic Curiass to Gothic Balistic Combat plate

@KamikazKid

5 жыл бұрын

You're a bit wrong on the flak vest it started being issued in WW2 to stop artillery shrapnel and would be improved in the 1950s before Vietnam to be able to withstand small caliber pistol rounds.

@PhyreI3ird

5 жыл бұрын

It would be really interesting to see a video on this, especially if you can cover the "Why"'s of the different armoring choices, cuz I seriously have no idea why platemail fell out of fashion in militaries (I have my guesses but I'd rather have facts personally x3), and that's only one of many odd choices that confuse me, so a video that could cover that would be golden by my account!

0:55 11th century 2:27 12th century 4:57 13th century 9:40 14th century 15:37 15th century

@kelian9671

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@edgargaming6935

2 жыл бұрын

Tha tha tha tha tha anks anks anks anks anks

@katarinatibai8396

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😘

@NoName-yw1pt

11 ай бұрын

No 16th and 17th 😢

@footrot17

5 ай бұрын

Why would you skip

dark souls music? here, have a like

@danieldebod2663

3 жыл бұрын

Praise the sun brothers

@connorjensen9699

3 жыл бұрын

nice, I thought I was imagining that

@Lmaaaoooo

3 жыл бұрын

@@danieldebod2663 we shall now praise it

@user-et8vm9cc3t

3 жыл бұрын

Where? On "15th Century"?

@potatounicorn9480

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-et8vm9cc3t 14th and 15 th

Wonderful video Metatron. Nicely done.

@iraqigamer2407

7 жыл бұрын

Warhorse Studios OMG, HI! :D

@iraqigamer2407

7 жыл бұрын

***** Umm... Okay?

@simonbalham8066

6 жыл бұрын

You have steal my nick name... REVENGE...VENDETA...POMSTA!!!

@simonbalham8066

6 жыл бұрын

?? Nic jen že nick Wahorse, který používám asi od roku 2008 je teď všude zabraný, protože lidi objevili WarhorseStudio a začala se ta přezdívka až moc množit... Ale není třeba nikomu nadávat...

@metatronyt

6 жыл бұрын

I'm glad to hear that from you :D thanks!

It's interesting how we tend to think of Knights as having full plate armor, but throughout most of the middle ages that simply wasn't the case.

@beth7935

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, depictions of Richard the Lionheart in full plate- like, what?!?

@erojerisiz1571

2 жыл бұрын

as much as I love full plate armor, the crusade era armor just looks glorious

@HexenStar

Жыл бұрын

@@erojerisiz1571 I absolutely concur! To me, when someone mentions middle ages, then i immediately think of 11-12 century, and not anything else.

@samrukin9885

Жыл бұрын

i suppose that is why those centuries were referred to as the high middle ages

@kevcaratacus9428

11 ай бұрын

I was reading a book originally published in early Victorian times, they beleived knights had to be lifted with hoists onto their horses bc of the weight of the armour. Lol

Perhaps the flat top helm design was a result of frontal strikes being more common than overhead strikes, so the protection of the forehead and the brow was seen as more paramount than the risk of getting hit with a downward swing. Also, considering that the majority of flat top depictions show men on horseback, perhaps them being usually mounted meant that overhead strikes on them were a lot more difficult to achieve, so they choose a stronger frontal structure instead.

@TheCrimsonAtom

7 жыл бұрын

Great points

@ServantofBaal

7 жыл бұрын

It was fortunate then, that knights weren't expected to play an important role in sieges on the ground, as a flat top helm would suffer horridly against arrows, bolts, and rocks being dropped on you from above

@neutralfellow9736

7 жыл бұрын

"that knights weren't expected to play an important role in sieges on the ground" - Well, they actually kinda were, there are swarms of sources describing them as being part of siege assaults, which is a good point on your side nonetheless, as a flat top helm would indeed be a bad design for anyone not looking up the entire time lol.

@edi9892

7 жыл бұрын

AFAIK greathelmets were used against archers. If you closed in, you ditched the helmet, so that you can see and hear your enemies better. It allowed better breathing too. These helmets would NEVER be used by infantery. Thus they didn't need to fear rocks dropped on their flat helmets, not getting hammered there...

@neutralfellow9736

7 жыл бұрын

Greathelms were definitely used in combat, the protection outweighs limited visibility as you are most likely fighting in formation so you only need to see what is right in front of you. Although, some did definitely ditch them and switch to lighter and more open helms once they engaged in melee.

I love the teachers attitude: "You will learn which armour set belongs to which century." Great work here.

Metatron, Warhorse Studios, the guys that are making Kingdom Come: Deliverance, have just tweeted this video. They most have loved it to have done that

@David-ni5hj

6 жыл бұрын

Carlos Albin I hope he sees your commentary, that game is definetely what he and us would be more hyped about.

Hey it's 4:00 AM. Time to learn about the history of knights!

@iamvinnyyes

4 жыл бұрын

Hey it's been 2 years. Time to reply to this comment!

@cometthegreat8750

4 жыл бұрын

Same dude

@WearyFeline

3 жыл бұрын

Dude that’s literally exactly when I started watching this XD

@hatforacat3977

3 жыл бұрын

hitting too close to home

@itisaturtle9391

3 жыл бұрын

*3 years later at 4 am* Yes I agree with you!

GB: Armour USA: Armor GB: Honour USA: Honor GB: "Hey what's the deal America?" USA: "I'm getting rid of U"

@GreyWolf849

7 жыл бұрын

Nerobyrne yo are absolutely on to something.

@ericodinaire5544

5 жыл бұрын

U is useless anyway so yeah.

@connorlee6032

5 жыл бұрын

Colour, color

@connorlee6032

5 жыл бұрын

@Romano Coombs lmao France supported the Norman's because they were frightened of them atleast Britain tried to drive foreigners out to the last man. Rule brittania

@robertlombardo8437

5 жыл бұрын

Ahahahahahahahahahahaaaa! Did not see that coming.

Sucks that right when armor started looking really cool guns were invented.

@Kriegter

Жыл бұрын

Guns were already around at the time. Armour got cooler BECAUSE it had to stop musket shots. So it's more the other way around.

@Dirtgut

Жыл бұрын

sucks that guns were invented

@mrbouncelol

Жыл бұрын

@@revbladez5773 You might also say that developments in medicine, surgery and combat first aid have affected this because modern soldiers are able to wear only enough armour to prevent lethal hits because it is likely (although of course far from certain) that hits to their extremities can be made less than lethal via the rapid application of combat first aid e.g. tourniquets and rapid wound sealants, and swift expedition to a location where life saving medicine and surgery can be applied. Now all this probably goes out the window in a peer conflict

@SerFordham

Жыл бұрын

I disagree, 11th 12th century Crusader armor looks really awesome..

@theo4990

Жыл бұрын

colonial era uniforms are some of the drippiest though

but the real question: could you wear a 14th century greathelm over a 12th century greathelm? And would you call that a Greater helm?

@DzinkyDzink

7 жыл бұрын

And then cover your throat with a Frogmouth!

@CountArtha

6 жыл бұрын

Lindybeige, is that you?

@Ramidemi710

5 жыл бұрын

It's like with wearing multiple condoms, the more the better.

@Sin526

5 жыл бұрын

🤔

@sergarlantyrell7847

5 жыл бұрын

It's helm-ception

Those Deus Ex themes though. Dark souls themes too "Soon the Fire shall fade and only dark will remain" - Adam Jensen

@RandomAllen

6 жыл бұрын

Errol Tan Smh... *I never asked for this*

@Darksky1001able

6 жыл бұрын

Errol Tan Seeing this makes me realize Dark Souls doesn't fuck around.

@custodianvrael6471

3 жыл бұрын

This video reminded me that I've spent over 500 hours on dark souls 3 (I got GUD)

@Pedro_Colicigno

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly got a war flashback when Friede's song started playing haha, that boss... it still haunts my dreams... never do Ariandel before the major bosses...

Two points,. 1) The flat topped helmet seems more of a fashion choice to me than practical. When facing indirect arrow fire (IE arrows fired into the air rather than directly at soldiers and therefore meant to deliver a volley of arrows that are falling down on them from above) a conical helmet is much superior when it comes to deflecting arrows, something a flat topped helmet cannot do. I'm not surprised that the flat topped helmet was fairly short lived as a result and that most helmets were conical going forward. 2) I always found it interesting that gunpowder had made it's way to Europe by the late 14th century, just as full plate was being developed. Meaning the reign of the iconic full plated knight lasted less than a century (late 14th through the mid 15th) before being made obsolete by increasingly effective firearms.

@Liam_The_Great

3 жыл бұрын

I would imagine that the flat topped helms would be easier to make, making them cheaper and so would be the go-to for your average footman. Maybe that's why they were so prevalent when the conical shape is better at deflecting blows.

@tfd7915

3 жыл бұрын

@@Liam_The_Great That could be. I assumed it was a fashion choice but when it comes to things like this we're all guessing

It's a nice change to hear someone be specific of what era theyre talking about. So many utube channels say "medieval " this or that happened.. as if medieval lasted 10 years or something.. Medieval covers a few hundred years.. SHADIVERSITY take notice ..

@KristinkaAranova

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly. It covers about 1000 years of history

@caveman2787

11 ай бұрын

You can't really blame him time flows differently in Australia

@kevcaratacus9428

11 ай бұрын

@@caveman2787 lol

A moment of silence as we remember the poor sop who was the first to have his neck snapped by his frog helm. (Thus causing the smiths to decide "Hey, let's attach that to the breastplate so it doesn't happen again!") 20:52

@BioTheHuman

2 жыл бұрын

I really don't understand how did they breathe in that thing 😅

Can you do a video on Byzantine armor from 284 - 1453? I've seen a few examples of Byzantine armor, and it seems really similar to armors like the Lorica Segmentata, but I've also seen Byzantine mail, and armors that look similar to ones I've seen from the Middle East, so I think it would make a really interesting video to show all the different styles and influences.

@user-sd8ec5jv2z

7 жыл бұрын

SpadaccinoLuciano they tended to use lamellar and chain mail.

@guilhermehx7159

4 жыл бұрын

Theres no Byzantine empire at 285

@fernothemouse

4 жыл бұрын

Byzantine Empire existed from 330 to 1453 CE.

@ideclaredwaronyourfrenchas4123

2 жыл бұрын

@@fernothemouse AD*

@ladoga

2 жыл бұрын

@@fernothemouse Roman Empire FTFY Imperium Romanum/Βασιλεία Ῥωμαίων There is no starting date for Byzantine Empire, since officially no such thing was ever established. So to be pedantic, what he clearly wants is a video on imperial Roman armor from late 200s to mid 1453.

this is possibly my favorite Metatron video. It is so informative and just well-delivered

@metatronyt

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. In my next video, which should come out between today and tomorrow, There Is a section where I review this Evolution again, but with a lot more iconography. Stay tuned :)

its interesting how the romans made their first 'plate' armors centuries before the first experiments with them in the medieval ages

@DennisBLee

Жыл бұрын

I was just thinking about how much of this was just reinvention of what already existed 1000 years prior

@AverageAlien

Жыл бұрын

medievel technology quickly outpaced and overtook anything the romans made

@wastrelperv

Жыл бұрын

I think while the exterior seems familiar, the greater difference might lie in the interior design. I could be uninformed but medieval armor design beyond just the plate seems more advanced and provided better protection. I've never heard of padding, layered protection, and suspended helmets in Roman armor. Could be wrong. And even medieval plate seems more complex in the way it comes together, better design. Medieval metallurgy would be much better as well. One reason weapons evolved so much, new capabilities and new tools needed to counter advances in armor.

@hohenzollern6025

Жыл бұрын

That's what a dark age is. It's the loss of technology and knowledge. Took the Germanics a thousand years to pick up where the Latins left off. This upcoming dark age, I expect will last thousand-S- of years. It may be three thousand years before the next civilization can once again look at naked women on only fans via a cell phone, because this time... this time we have nukes. Buckle up kiddos, it's gonna be a wild ride! (luckily you wont live thru it)

@AverageAlien

Жыл бұрын

@@hohenzollern6025 no it didn't, lmao

This is great if you want to write fantasy with a world that has some progress over time.

@gastonlinares5593

4 жыл бұрын

Im here for that purpuse indeed :V

@dutchdanderdinde6450

2 жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I'm doing lol

I really enjoyed this and I love these long(ish) form talking videos about historical weapons and armour. Looking forward to more like it :)

It was such a battle between the growth of Weaponry vs armor. With every new upgrade in weaponry there has to be an upgrade in armor to counter it. It was an arms race between blacksmiths on who made the better invention. The science behind the two is amazing and full of knowledge with some being lost through the strongest weapon of all, time. Great video subject and once again full of amazing details.

You used ds3 music. When are you going to continue your review of DS armor? Or is that series over?

@adriancarrillo1330

6 жыл бұрын

came for this comment

metatron the kind of guy to upload a video and instantly have 1080p

Why are the 2 horses hugging each other? are they trying to console each other?Or are they brothers who were split between two brothers that hate each other?

@JohnDoe-on6ru

6 жыл бұрын

It's a sarcastic hug, like when you say "Ooooooooh I'm so happy for you!", but in your head you are really thinking "What an uppity bitch."

@GermanSwordMaster

6 жыл бұрын

The ernest answer (if interested :D ) is, that the horses are fighting for themselves. Destriers (medieval warhorses) were trained to fight.

@diegosilva3927

5 жыл бұрын

Blank- blade Nice

@richardfry2069

5 жыл бұрын

Timestamp?

@diederikgeertzen9469

5 жыл бұрын

Brothers from a other mother

This is seriously one of your best videos to date. Good thinking with the shout out to Ian as well.

This is going to be absurdly useful. I'm doing some work on a fantasy setting, and going through historical iterations of armor is just a perfect way of lining up both technological development and style is just so helpful. Thanks Meta!

Very funny how some armor characteristics from the Greco-Roman world that were lost get slowly readopted over time like, grieves, fully encased helmets, neck guards

these videos just get better and better

Literally the exact video I've wanted, right here. I love you, Metatron

Awesome video - I’m trying to learn about armour for artistic purposes, I always find that understanding how things work and what their purpose is helps immensely when trying to visualise how something should look. This video did a perfect job of explaining everything you need to know about medieval armour while giving great visual examples. Many thanks!

This is also reflective of the armor progression of the Fighter in most D&D campaigns. It was for me at least.

Hi Metatron! It would be pretty interesting a video on horse armour through history. But probably you already thought about that :D Great explanation ad always. Ciao from Bari.

Thanks for all your great videos, Metatron! I love watching them and they have helped me draw so much. I never even thought that knights' armor evolved (because I'm dumb) and have been enlightened to be historically accurate in my art and, with historically accurate armor, I think my works look a lot more comfortable and functional while also looking more badass

This was an awesome video! The Arthurian tales have always been my favorite books and I have always been very very interested in the specifics of plate armor. This was a fantastic tutorial of the evolution of the armor thru the medieval period. Thank you very much for the upload :D

I know by the 14th century, the shield had dropped mostly out of use. How and when did this happen? Could be a cool idea for a video.

@duchessskye4072

7 жыл бұрын

When the Full Plate armor was worn, those soldiers abandoned the shield. So the real question is, when was plate armor first used in battle?

@masterchief3007

7 жыл бұрын

The_JoJo_Reference I guess I'm more interested in the evolution of the shield alongside armor, and wondering if two handed weapons or any form of dual wielding was used before the invention of full plate, since especially some of the later armors seemed complete on their own and would provide enough protection without a shield.

@duchessskye4072

6 жыл бұрын

Adam Wolfe unlike plate most armors were still unable to really protect against blunt damage, so probably that's why

@noone6766

3 жыл бұрын

By the 15th century

Brigandine and chainmail+gambeson(or other type of thick cloth) is the coolest armour ever...also the Norse helmets with the nasal masks-the coolest looking ever.

Really glad you did this video. Of course I really enjoy Ian LaSpina's videos as well, but we have been needing some to cover a better summary over time.

gotta love that dark souls + deus ex music, simply beautiful, also i love these videos, and how specific you are metattron, thank you for your work

Coat of plates! My favorite type of medieval armor! Yaaaay! Also, now I want a full harness of Milanese plate in Kingdom Come Deliverance. I'm pretty damn sure you can get one. You gave that game one hell review! I enjoy all of you videos. Man you make me *even more* excited for medieval warfare knowledge!

15th Century music was the Dark Souls III title music that is engraved into the back of my skull.

I find your content so incredibly fascinating and well researched. I hope you make a good living from doing this.

Excellent Video! There's so much information, i'll need to watch it some more times! Also, i like the comparison between german and Italian styled armors, and since i like both styles very much, this Video has become one of my favourite (among so many) on this channel for now. Very appreciated!

How to date a knight? That would make a great video title :)

@paulbrule5897

5 жыл бұрын

Ask him if he wants a one knight stand

@yareyare9458

5 жыл бұрын

@@paulbrule5897 badumpts

@febbra2

5 жыл бұрын

It depends. Do you have a sister?

@slimmaaron

4 жыл бұрын

It'll be a bore. The first half of the date he'll talk about himself, the second half he'll talk about his armor.

@slimmaaron

4 жыл бұрын

@Allen Rider The stay for the second half of the date! Lol.

Awesome video. It would be a good idea to make a video about the renaissance armors, in specific the half armors of the Landsknechts and the swiss mercenaries!

Wow! Over 30 hours of work? Thank you very much for this. Your time was well spent making this, as was mine watching it.

This was super interesting! Thank you for putting your time into this.

The Sister Friede's theme in the 14th century section and the Dark Souls opening in the 15th century section makes me extra moist

Dark souls 3 soundtrack...Good choice

Hello Raf, I've Been a fan and sub for a long time, but your content just keeps getting better. Because of you I find myself learning more, and getting a better understanding, about periods of history that I not only love, but also on periods that I never really found myself particularly interested in, such as antiquity as I've always been more interested in the early/dark and high Middle Ages and WW1&2. So thanks for your hard work, you deserve all the support you gain and much more and long live the channel👌🏻

A very interesting and illustrative video. Congratulations to you Metatron, once again primordial Nobel One. I hope you continue your works, and keep enlightening us with awesome videos such as this.

A wonderful video, I loved that you pointed out that fashion had a lot to do with the development of the armour, as knights would often wear unpractical equipment just for fashions sake. Various head decorations spring to mind. Or later, as the winged Hussars wore the wings purely for the aesthetic purposes.

@Telsion

7 жыл бұрын

Gašper Žuber THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED!

@gasperzuber129

7 жыл бұрын

Telsion Coming down the mountain side! hahah I love Sabaton :D

@Kretek

7 жыл бұрын

inb4: "hussars wings were making this spooky sound to scare enemy horses" ;)

@MRKapcer13

7 жыл бұрын

In actuality they mostly didn't wear wings. Rarely, though it was done, was a single wing attached to the back of the horse worn. The misconception comes from around 19th century when Polish nationalism and clamour for independence gained a lot of ground. Re-emphasised by writers and painters of the period, it's mostly a myth. I should add that, at the very end of Hussars' existence, when they were jokingly called "Funeral Guard" they apparently did wear wings, but that was entirely outside of combat.

@gasperzuber129

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the information, but my point was just the fact that they did wear something that was not for personal protection.

yes but the more important question is what about dragons?

@chaptermastertushan3576

7 жыл бұрын

I think you'd need to make some modifications to the armor...

@LawnMowerProductions

7 жыл бұрын

it's a joke from Shardivsty

@DzinkyDzink

7 жыл бұрын

Enchant your bloody armor. If dragons exist, the magic behind them does too.

@jorgejohnson875

4 жыл бұрын

MACHICOLATIONS!!!

@gastonlinares5593

4 жыл бұрын

A true man of culture!

Thank you SO much, Noble One. This is an *awesome* video! I (obviously) subscribed. Can't wait to see more! =)

This video actually taught me something. Awesome job!

Man that Dark Souls 3 intro music hit the spot.

I loved this video so much because it showed how armor dramatically changed from full chain to full plate from the 11th century to 15th century. Well done there and thank you so much! I think that armor was useless by 1500 because they already had guns and other advanced weaponry which replaced the medieval ones.

@mrtrollnator123

Жыл бұрын

Armor wasn't useless after gunpowder. In fact, Armor became even more important to defend against this new weapon, so it adapted to this new change

@aleksaradosavljevic4001

Жыл бұрын

@@mrtrollnator123 That seems very true. Thanks for sharing.

@mrtrollnator123

Жыл бұрын

@@aleksaradosavljevic4001 no problem mate😎

Thank you very much, this was one of the best videos you have made.

Super video. Great content and I learned much despite studying medieval arms and armour for a very long time. Great work Metatron.

Great video! What about Spanish armor? and the famous XVI century conquistador helmet, was it functional?

I hear the Dark Souls 3 soundtrack

you have a very impressive amount of knowledge over a great many subjects. great job on your presentation.

Excellent video! Today I saw it for the second time and I think it will not be the last. I learnt a lot from it. This evening I saw a group of sculptures and I was able to identify it as a representation of a12th century knight and some common soldiers and I felt great! So when I came back home I watched this video again and I had to spent some time to thank you for your effort.

Wait a minute. Why are the horses wearing boxing gloves on their backs and hugging each other at 6:18 ?

@natebiese8795

7 жыл бұрын

I dunno what they're called but i think those are extensions of the saddles to help keep the rider on and oriented. They aren't hugging, they're grappling. It's a little known fact that horses invented wrestling.

@DzinkyDzink

7 жыл бұрын

Lies, the Greeks invented the wrestling.

@KingmanHighborn

7 жыл бұрын

Nick Dzink Greek horses?

@natebiese8795

7 жыл бұрын

Kingman Highborn That's what i meant.

@plaidpvcpipe3792

4 жыл бұрын

correction, fighting

I'm trying to get into armoring and based on my (admittedly not large) experience I think the flat tops were just easier to make and thus cheaper, I might be wrong but that's my guess

Amazing video Metatron! Perhaps the finest of your work, which is saying somthing.

Excellent, one of your very best videos so far.

As the Dragon said, "Pah, Canned food again."

I'm always curious, medieval time, where most army are make up peasant army & armour knights, where peasant soldiers are poor, they wear what they had, while the knights can own armour with various design & style to suit their body size and high, So with no standard outfit/uniform, how those army could tell which soldiers are friends or foes ? besides flag and language. all i know is, that the British use red coat as theirs standard uniforms, allow General recognize which soldiers is who.

@Telsion

7 жыл бұрын

seng create I have this same question

@sengcreate3060

7 жыл бұрын

Telsion for ancient Greek, i had theories how those army could tell which soldiers is friends or foes, based on the drawing symbol on their shield, or the formations, the incoming soldiers are foes, while the pushing army from rear are friends...this is just a theories

@eldorados_lost_searcher

7 жыл бұрын

seng create The use of untrained levies would, of course, vary by region and time period. In some cases, a knight would bring along an entire retinue of men at arms, in others, they would bring along the local peasantry. In any case, it doesn't make sense to bring along your source of income (the workforce on your land) without looking after them. So, they might provide outdated armor for the peasants, possibly just a padded jack. As for identification, it could be anything from a bit of cloth tied around the arm, to a tabard with the lord's sigil. But this all depends on time and place.

@grailknight6794

7 жыл бұрын

seng create first of all in medieval times its a complete different thing then we as modern people think!, uniforms werent widely spread at this time! so one thing that they did is each 'regiment' or company or contigent of troops depending on where they were recruited had most likely their so called colours so for example you had a regiment of infantry soldiers from lets say wessex! they would have a standard bearer which job would be to carry the colours of that "regiment" or company or whatever! so it was mostly done with banners and colours which is why banners were so important back then! also to understand this way you have to know that battle tactics at this time were not about charging and spreading eachother like in hollywood were they leave formation and end up in a mixed cluster of small duels!!! this never happend because of many other reasons but one reason is that that way you distuinguish friend or foe and the whole concept of banners losses its value if everyone on impact just leaves the bannerman behind dispurses in a cluster of random melee! this why actual medieval battle tactics were you had your line and group you would stick to that group as much as possible! hence having a man with a huge banner in the middle so you know where approximetly where your group is and if happen to accidently get too far of your group you would look for the banner and get in line again! formations were so important because formations were designed not to break! if formation breaks you loose because people dont know who is who, they loose the group so they usually run away! very important formation not to break also for this topic of knowing who is who!

@sengcreate3060

7 жыл бұрын

Garret LeBuis color are very expensive material at medieval time, so possible with symbol to identify who is who, that all i know

This was an especially good video. Great job, dudeski.

Just found your channel and this video is a great brief intro to the subject. Looking forward to watching the rest of your channel! Merry Christmas

Very interesting video. I also find it helpful for designing armor for a fantasy story, here's how I would use them for my story. (Based on the thumbnail) 1100: Light Infantry and City Guards 1250: The King's Guard 1330: Common Knights 1400: Elite Knights 1450: King's Armor and Tournament Armor Thanks very much for the Education!

So the crusaders did not wear that flat-topped helmet till the 1200s?

@silas__3994

5 жыл бұрын

Yup, Lindybeige has a video on crusader helmets specifically

@nekhlioudovbolkonsky2901

4 жыл бұрын

There were crusades during the 13 th century

@KristinkaAranova

4 жыл бұрын

No, late 1100s

One of your best videos. Excellent content!!

stumbled across these videos...always been liking this stuff love these vids great man!

Knight armor in 16th century: ''Let me show you my boomstick.''

@xenotypos

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, they just made armors thicker to withstand bullets, and in exchange there were more gaps uncovered so that weight would not be a big issue. It was common until the late 17th century.

14th century part. *MUSIC OF THE DANCER STARTS PLAYING AND I BREAK OUT IN COLD SWEAT*

Excellent work M.....Absolutely fascinating history at it's best.

amazing precise historical description !! thank you

13:45 misspelled "Pembridge"

a nice Video, I do have an few critics though. You said that wehn you see a Kettle Helmet you can immediately to ca.1200, but this Type of Helmet was common 'till the End of the 15th Century, evendoe, according to the Artwork, it was more Common by the Common Soldier then by Nights. Secondly the Visby style Gauntlets date to the Battle of Visby 1361, and even though they might have been in use earlier by the Knightly Class, I don't know of any Sources that would indicate a Use in the Late 13th Century.

@metatronyt

7 жыл бұрын

Hello and thank you for watching. It is a common mistake to consider the armour found at Visby as contemporary to the date of the battle but that's a huge mistake completely debunked by the best of historians. The armour in question, found in the mass graves, belonged to the Gutnish country yeomen, peasants who did not wear the best armour of the time, but instead wore very old fashoned armour, which is what we see for instance in the visby gauntlet which needs to be dated several decades back in time to the time I have dated it in this video. For the Kettle helmet I think it goes without say that when I mention the date of the development of a certain helmet that helmet did not automatically and immediatelly go out of fashion and it will be used for several decade together with other kinds of helmets. What I ment to say was that if you see a kettle hat it's atleast a late 12th century early 13th century helmet. I can assure you a lot of thought and double and triple checking went into the making of this video and the information I share on it.

@casonastudios1228

7 жыл бұрын

Hello! Thank you so much for your Answer! I'm sure that you spend lots of Time researching for your Videos, and I appreciate that, and your Channel is one of my Favorite ones on KZread. I know that the Gauntlets found in Visby where probably not common around 1360, and I also said that in my original Comment, I just don't know of any Sources for them being in use as early as the 13th C. But how far you should date them back is probably pretty vage, I personally would date them to around 1330. According to the Kettle Helmet, I must have understood you wrong, I thot you ment that they where just in use around 1200. Sorry for that. Thanks ones again, Singa

@SebHaarfagre

6 жыл бұрын

Who exactly are these so-called "best of historians"? On what basis do you conclude with such a bombastic term? Sorry, I really like the effort and quality of these videos, but I'm disappointed in the amount of sources listed (AKA _none_ ) and as such I regret to tell you that you lose almost all credibility. I know you're not inventing stuff for the gist of it, not at all, but seriously. I don't know if you hate academic stuff, but you got to at least have _some_ sources in description, or refrain from presenting it as objective fact overall.. Best regards

Very useful, I was looking for this kind of condensed info for some time!

I like how you use Deus Ex HR theme in your videos. Great game btw. Nice videos you got.. I watch SnapJelly as well, i like this kinda knowladge and i work on and research ancient-medieval warfare, and there are much we could discuss and there is much for me to learn. Nice job! Keep it up.

Was there significant quality improvements to the mail in that era vs the mail used by Romans before Christ?

@aqui1ifer

6 жыл бұрын

traderjoes from what I’ve read the Roman mail was a combination of butted and riveted while medieval mail was riveted only.

can u make a video about thw common soldier?

@iliaskoumou2980

7 жыл бұрын

or for the byzantine empire armor

That Deus Ex and Dark Souls soundtrack in the background, you beautiful, cultured man!

Splendid Video over a very interesting topic. Thank you for your effort!

Did they forget how to make plate armor after the Romans disappeared? It seems so strange that they all went back to chainmail.

@Riceball01

7 жыл бұрын

I'm thinking, yes. You have to remember, by the time that Rome fell they had gone back to wearing mail and had been wearing mail for centuries. So given that, I'd day that it's pretty reasonable to believe the knowledge of how to make steel plates was largely forgotten.

@lourencoalmada1305

7 жыл бұрын

Riceball01 They were still making swords and spear tips, which are metal plates squeezed and sharpened at the edges, so I doubt they forgot how to make them. Armor was very affected by fashion, so I think it just was fashionable to have only mail (just like the flat top helm).

@Amfortas

7 жыл бұрын

Cheaper too to make mail.

@StarRider253

7 жыл бұрын

Mail works well though, and is easier to produce, so there's two good reasons

@andrewgu2457

7 жыл бұрын

madichelp0 And mail was a lot more comfortable and easily maintained than a bunch of overlapping plates. You can see that almost all of the soldiers fighting on campaign preferred mail armor, given that a monument Adamklissi shows almost all of the Roman legionaries in mail. Keep in mind that this monument was built by soldiers, and was built at roughly the same time as Trajan's Column.

Greetings, noble one! I have a question to Metatron, the linguist. It is completely unrelated to this video, please excuse. Why do so many english speakers (including you in this video) say eK cetera when the latin expression is actually eT cetera? I have heard this consistently from many native english speakers and it does not seem to be an actual mistake, though it is kind of strange to hear for a german speaker. We use this expression a lot - in the form of eT cetera...

@Hopeofmen

7 жыл бұрын

hans wurst It depends on where in the US or UK you're in. Some places, they say the "t". Others form the t and c into a "ck" sound. I believe the main reason why this is the case is that t and c are hard to pronounce one after the other, and so English simplifies it to a "ck" sound.

@yahyaf2132

7 жыл бұрын

Hello fellow noble one, I think the reason many English speakers pronounce it this way is because it's easier to pronounce. The linguistic term is a "dissimilation rule" which basically means that one of two similar adjacent sounds are changed in such a way so they are more different and therefore easier to pronounce. For example: Sixth may be pronounced as sikst or fifth as fift to make it easier. eksetera is easier to say. Another English mangling you might hear is "et cetra". It is also common in English to omit the unstressed syllable in three syllable words like mystery and probably. In German how can you hear the difference between Bund and bunt? A second explanation may be that many words begin with the prefix /eks/ in English like exercise, exit, exemplary, etc. So it's a sound we are used to. A final reason may be that etc is often misspelled as ect but i'm not convinced on this one. Finally a question for you, it's my understanding that Germans often use the phrase „und so weiter“, is there any major difference between usw. and etc.?

@xy7596

7 жыл бұрын

hans wurst as a german i would say as far as i know they mean exactly the same thing and are used interchangable.

@Xhatair

7 жыл бұрын

Actually (I have to say that I didn't put much attention to how he pronounced it) I suppose it's also relevant that in italian "et cetera" has evolved into "eccetera" nowadays, so he may well have pronounced it in italian, maybe even without realizing it (just my 2 cent, from an italian like him) ;)

@hanswoorst

7 жыл бұрын

@Yahya F: "und so weiter" means exactly the same as "et cetera". Most Germans use both forms

Methinks a "rider's split" was not just created in the hauberk for the knight to mount his horse. It was also pretty handy for going to the bathroom I bet.

I am just impressed about your knowledge. Keep it up :)

Why did they use 3/4 sleaves? It does not strike me that it would save that much resources compared to the cost of the rest of the mail, especially when you add in the cost of sheild, helmet, and horse.

@celticperspective5183

2 жыл бұрын

It’s for mobility really, there is less weight on the forearm so you can move more easily

@ostrowulf

2 жыл бұрын

@@celticperspective5183 Fair enough. Mobilty vs armour protection is part of the equation still having to be assessed with modern armour (both personal and vehicular).

@celticperspective5183

2 жыл бұрын

@@ostrowulf lol I didn't realise I answered a question from 4 years ago, but yeah I think that they would have prioritised mobility over protection especially as the larger shields would have made arm protection practically redundant

@ostrowulf

2 жыл бұрын

@@celticperspective5183 All good, I do it sometimes too. Took me a minute to figure out the refrence point of what my comment was even reffering to though. But yeah, having a sheild makes the calculation a little different as to if you want to bother wearing armour on your forearm. I mean, Romans were relatively (for their time) heavily armoured, with not a lot on the arms with their masive sheilds. The same logic applying later on with also relatively large sheilds.

LOVE THE VIDEO!!!!!!!. verry interesting! i have a question. can you make a video in this theme about japanese OR chinese armour?????????? that whould by very intressting. greetings from holland

Absolutely fantastic video Metatron. Thank you very much.

What an awesome video!! Thank you for putting that much effort into making great videos! I was thinking a while of supporting you via patreon... ... And especially this video convinced me to do so! Keep doing such a great job! //greetings from germany

"Have to place a knight, and how to date him" ;)

17:55 i know that one youtuber that tried that

you are doing a great job at preserving history of things

Excellent presentation! Thank you for it!