Eleanor taught me in the first year of my History degree at King's College London, and she was brilliant, bringing the same amount of energy to a class of 18 year old who had only done half the reading as to these videos.

@abmong

2 жыл бұрын

She casually referenced Dredd. She’s got my vote.

@M3rover

2 жыл бұрын

I want to hang out with her... she's too cool! :-)

@dggydddy59

Жыл бұрын

So THAT'S why she sounds like she's trying to engage teenagers in the entire video! I find her fairly annoying, but I haven't been 18 in a very long time.

@Keri61993

Жыл бұрын

@@whoarewe7515 *they're

@Stopthisrightnow560

Жыл бұрын

I've never been as hooked on medieval history as I have with her telling it. Majority of it just gets muddled in the 500 years between 1100 and 1600 so it's nice having someone being able to educate me on that.

Dr. Janega’s the real deal. An obvious expert who still has her humanity intact enough to appreciate “A Knight’s Tale” and Chaucer’s obscene humor. 10/10

@doglover31418

2 жыл бұрын

No, only 9/10 because she said 'out of arrow firing range'. You shoot arrows; you can't fire them.

@sarasamaletdin4574

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know, she is very good on some details but with big picture stuff she had some issues.

@davidhooper259

2 жыл бұрын

A Knight’s Tale is complete trash from story, costume design and reality

@timmorris8932

2 жыл бұрын

She gave "MP and the Holy Grail" 10/10 "because Monty Python". For that alone I give her 15/10.

@Sehestedtify

2 жыл бұрын

@@doglover31418 Actually, you "loose" an arrow. If you're gonna nitpick, then pick all the nits. :)

I love how much time-scales get lost on modern folks. Putting something in the 1300's instead of the 1600's for instance, would be literally like putting cell phones and internet into the hands of George Washington.

@unknow11712

2 жыл бұрын

i can already see movies in 3000 that put tanks and biplanes in the napoleonic wars.

@frankm.2850

2 жыл бұрын

@@unknow11712 We've already got a story with AK-47s in the hands of Confederate soldiers thanks to Harry Turtledove.

@Shan_Dalamani

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankm.2850 Alt-history is a subgenre of science fiction, so as long as you know it didn't really happen in _our_ history, just enjoy the story. I had a history prof who taught Roman and Greek history, and got me hooked on Lindsay Davis' Falco murder mysteries. It's like a mashup of '40s detectives in 1st-century Rome in the reign of Vespasian. Davis really did her research well, and visited actual archaeological sites so she could describe the settings as accurately as possible for her 1st-century characters. But as much as this prof loved Roman murder mysteries, he couldn't wrap his mind around alt-history stories. "But that's not what happened!" Well, of course not. That's why it's in an alternate universe.

@guneytopal7076

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankm.2850 Well the big bang started with the firing of an AK-47

@revilosmoth1101

2 жыл бұрын

To be fair things evolved way slower back then. And 1300 to 1600 is really quite a stretch but I see it happening often for the early Middle Ages. Like as If there is not difference between year 300 and 600. Same goes for ancient history.

I love her. She's serious and knows her stuff but still loves A Knights Tale. That's just awesome.

Between Dr. Janega and Dr. Konijnendijk, I could watch medieval & ancient warfare content all day.

@jet2819

2 жыл бұрын

i could listen to both of them talk about ditches all day

@CYMotorsport

2 жыл бұрын

@@jet2819 "History of Ditches in Warfare" would set the internet ON FIRE 😂

@robt400

2 жыл бұрын

she has a podcast

@CS-pk3ix

2 жыл бұрын

Pointy stick and ditches...

@spudeleven5124

2 жыл бұрын

@@CS-pk3ix LoL

I love her cause she is so knowledgeable and breaks down mistakes but also shows appreciation for movies

Cannot tell you how much I love Dr. Janega’s insight and commentary!! We need more of her!!

"Expert rates" videos are some of my favourites, and this one is possibly the best I've seen. The love for A Knight's Tale is a MASSIVE plus. That Judge Dredd reference absolutely made my day

Can Dr. Janega have a channel? I could listen to her tell these stories for days. Lots of personality and knowldge.

@Grahf0

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/eYlqxbdyZ5ipfsY.html One of her videos on her Channel

@mattbarneveld815

2 жыл бұрын

Completely agree!

@williamchilton2703

2 жыл бұрын

@Owen Palmer Tedious doesn't seem apt descriptor for your particular problem. Yeah, Braveheart belongs with a lower score, but she is watching a clip and says she doesn't know the whole film. She points out the major problems she sees. The number is kind of arbitrary.

@williamchilton2703

2 жыл бұрын

@@Johnnybravo.. such as?

@williamchilton2703

2 жыл бұрын

@J. Well I would disagree on three of your points, but it's really not worth arguing over. It seems more a qualitative subjective difference and not "wrong"

"Pointy Stick" is the main and most important weapon of war from the Neolithic to the broad implementation of gunpowder. The Spear in all it's forms is the cheapest and one of the most versatile and effective ways to kill with. Of course the "Shorter stick with a heavy end" is good too, and has been around even longer.

@Dewydidit

2 жыл бұрын

Long pointy stick is the tech developed to counter the clubby stick. When both sides had long pointy sticks, someone got frustrated and THREW their long pointy stick at the other side, and tech advances were towards flying pointy stick for the next 50 millennium. I have no idea why swords get all of the love when Spears and Arrows ruled the battlefields for 50,000 years.

@deankruse2891

2 жыл бұрын

Phillips phalanx conquered Asia with really long pointy sticks

@cass7448

2 жыл бұрын

@@deankruse2891 Ah yes, the chief weakness of all pointy sticks: A slightly longer pointy stick.

@user-ty2uz4gb7v

2 жыл бұрын

What about raspberries

@TheBruces56

2 жыл бұрын

There is also that steel thing with sharp edges

I love how Doc breaks things down. She's humorously dry in the best way.

The Magna Carta line had me laughing, I’d love to have been taught by her! 😂

Dr. Janega made this video, she is amazing, i will absolutely watch any more videos she is featured in.

@katecallier1933

2 жыл бұрын

You read my mind! Very enjoyable to watch and learned a lot!

@hereticlife2546

2 жыл бұрын

I really like her too, unfortunately she makes quite a few mistakes in information.

@chevalliert

2 жыл бұрын

Very entertaining and informative review indeed. Just one thing: in French, the P in "loup" is silent (coming from a Frenchman, if I need to show credentials)

@Johnnybravo..

2 жыл бұрын

She's not. She made a lot of mistakes

@adammonahan217

2 жыл бұрын

@@chevalliert that's true now but wasn't back then. Maybe she's just SO accurate she's using the pronunciation from the time :)

one thing that i love about a knight's tale is that it is historically accurate to the vibes of the time. the we will rock you scene might have actually happened, they probably weren't chanting that.. but we wlll rock you is a common stadium chant....what were jousting tournaments, ye olde superbowl. it matches the vibe of what these people would have been feeling. and who knows if they did the "stomp, stomp, clap" i love to imagine that happening. the dancing scene to these people would have felt like jamming out to some david bowie. I love how that scene slowly transitions from the Court Dance into the modern dancing. A KNIGHT'S TALE IS SO GOOD.

@chrisball3778

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it puts more emphasis on being entertaining than pedantically accurate, but it's actually well-researched and does a much better job of conveying the attitudes and concerns of the time than the vast majority of medieval movies. There are a bunch of 'Easter eggs' in the script for medieval history fans as well. It always makes me laugh when people try to drag it for the deliberate anachronisms like the modern music and the product placement, as if the makers didn't know those aren't really medieval, when they've snuck in references to medieval literature that have gone right over the heads of the people criticising.

@eddybrek5298

2 жыл бұрын

Nah they would act more like British football fans compared to ur American ways ... alot more aggressive

@michaelfox2433

2 жыл бұрын

I actually refrained from watching A Knights Tale for fear of it making a huge mess of history as im really annoyed by shitty history in period movies,.....until I watched it,...also one of my favorite movies ever despite its silliness.

@Rohml

2 жыл бұрын

The filmmakers mentioned that they intentionally chose modern-style music to give the viewers a sense of the emotion people would feel back in the day. Using medieval music won't carry the same level of intensity as using something that is familiar to us viewers, so the idea is if you are hearing Queen's We Will Rock You, they people at the time would have heard their own version of a bangin' anthem theme.

@michaelfox2433

2 жыл бұрын

@John Doe Think about it though,...for someone like myself that drinks in historical; accuracy, they, like myself, should just suspend reality if its entertaining....and those that dont....who cares.

Thanks Dr. Janega or treating history with humor. I loved a knights tale and Chaucer's bodily humor. Brava!!!!

Love learning from her. You can tell she loves this. You can tell she’s a great educator because she isn’t arrogant or dismissive. She also gets movies. They aren’t documentaries, they’re trying to incorporate the realities of the period with the truth that it’s a ‘story’. I’m going to be very busy binge watching

"Rusty, sort your accent out!" ... Kevin Costner quietly disappears into the crowd.

@TheAstilesus

2 жыл бұрын

So true.

Brilliant reviews, but there are a couple of questions left unanswered. What was the origin of the Holy Hand grenade of Antioch, and was there if fact a Knight of the Round Table who indeed had to push the pram a lot?

@Oi....

2 жыл бұрын

And did they eat Spam alot......?

@willmfrank

2 жыл бұрын

Dr. Janega covered MP&HG in Part 1.

@herytik4027

2 жыл бұрын

Stop that! It’s silly

@TheBruces56

2 жыл бұрын

And what of the Knights who say Nee?

@therightarmofthefreeworld4703

2 жыл бұрын

I believe The Holy Hand Grenade was first used in combat in the Worms video game.

I think part of why people like Richard so much more than John is that since Richard never actually did any governing in England, he never had a chance to fail at it.

@humblescribe8522

6 ай бұрын

Also he put competent people in charge in his absence, like William Longchamp, Hubert Walter, and his mother Eleanor of Aquitaine.

@BarryHart-xo1oy

5 ай бұрын

That’s a good point.

I honestly love Dr. Janega's commentary on anything. She's so damn funny.

I'd watch this amazing Woman review every medieval movie or book because this was so much fun and educational to watch. A truly rare find on KZread.

@niiokweinortey

2 жыл бұрын

She's here cos she earned it and not because she's a woman. Stop with the pandering

@rogernetzer1054

2 жыл бұрын

Except that she was 100-percent wrong about The Last Duel being inaccurate.

Outlaw king was incredible. There were several trenches made before the battle took place.

@dangle933

2 жыл бұрын

Ahem, you're intending to say 'ditch'

@KvltKrist

2 жыл бұрын

ALWAYS DIG A DITCH! THEN WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED WITH THAT DITCH, DIG ANOTHER DITCH!

@Dead25m

2 жыл бұрын

@@dangle933 Nono, they had barbwire and the lots.

@ms272885

2 жыл бұрын

We all know the obvious crossover special that needs to happen now. Oxford and London are close together enough too.

@blorgin1

2 жыл бұрын

The disembowelment scene was unnecessarily disturbing though

I'm a History Major and now that I I've watched this video, it is officially peer reviewed and can be considered to be a legitimate scientific source, having been put forth by a qualified academic and examined by a peer. Why, yes, that is how it works. Pinkie promise.

@sitcomchristian6886

Жыл бұрын

I don't think you're a peer until you've graduated ;)

@rangda_prime

Жыл бұрын

@@sitcomchristian6886 In föct, it was a jöööke

@thebagelsproductions

7 ай бұрын

😂😂

@tombullish3198

24 күн бұрын

Too bad you didn't catch the few mistakes that were made during your peer review. This is why you need multiple people to have a informal KZread PR.

@rangda_prime

15 күн бұрын

@@tombullish3198 No, no, no! I'm going to appeal to my own authority now, so you're wrong and I'm right, no take backs!

LOVE this woman - GIVE HER A TV SERIES NOW !!!!

"basically all those points are for the wool worf" love this presenter's enthusiasm, she tried to say war wolf and got herself in a mucking fuddle

@Judesmood118

2 жыл бұрын

Beat me to it! But seriously, this historian is awesome! Makes me miss my college history professor!

@p.n.9430

2 жыл бұрын

I see what you did there. Nice :D

@willmfrank

2 жыл бұрын

...Because, as we all know, War Wolf is the name of a gigantic trebuchet, and Woolworf's is the name of a Klingon department store.

@fortunatejeremy

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah she's pretty great to watch because of her enthusiasm. It's funny how she's so witty and articulate but still mucks the fuddle a bunch of times.

@Grahf0

2 жыл бұрын

@@willmfrank Which probably sells trebuchets, or some other fucking Klingon medieval-equivalent monstrosity that hurls giant bat'leths and diseased targ corpses. They also sell prune juice. A warrior's drink.

"Oooohhh, it's church police; that's not real." And that was when I fell in love.

I would humbly request more of Dr. Janega. She is pretty bad-ass. Thank you for your time.

@whoarewe7515

2 жыл бұрын

I hope she hasn't got a bad arse I'd say no anyway. With a bad arse no chance.

@ALAPINO

2 жыл бұрын

@@whoarewe7515 Indeed, no one has time for a bad arse.

Also love the knight's tale because they actually portrayed the characters of the summoner and the pardoner very closely to how the real Chaucer portrayed them in Canterbury Tales.

I just love her... She's funny, knows her business and explains very clearly

@kelvinfoote9897

2 жыл бұрын

I cant stand her. The childish and uncertain sounding rising infective, plus the continued use of the verbal tick of saying ' like' all the time is so annoying. Plus saying ' dude ' all the time , as if desperately trying to be down with the kids,mis really sad.

@robertford8476

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't think I was going to like her when I started the video but turns out she is wicked smart and funny. Oh and pretty knowledgeable on history as well, but whatever.

@nissan300ztt

2 жыл бұрын

8 of 10 would smash!

@ForrestOutman

2 жыл бұрын

I loved her reactions! I'm a fellow historian, but in a different field of study/research. This is almost exactly how I would react when eye rolling at film portrayals in my area of expertise.

@isaiahfarris3539

2 жыл бұрын

@@kelvinfoote9897 ok, good. I’m not alone! She isn’t remotely funny.

Thanks for the props to 'A Knight's Tale'. What a delightful film!

@Ann-snowshoeingonEnceladus

2 жыл бұрын

Its single pitfall was the early 2000's dresses and hairstyles on Jocelyn. Took me out of it a bit. Otherwise, love it! 💖

@eduardogardin879

2 жыл бұрын

you must be 12

Wow, she's amazing. She has a great personality. More with her please. Dr. Janega, you rock.

@MarkoVukovic0

2 жыл бұрын

She is amazing, as is your name hahaha!

Dr. Janega is the teacher i always wished for in history classes. Simply great!

I like her explanations more than her scores. Outlaw King having the same score as Braveheart is kind of a crime. Other than that, I like how she denounces how Hollywood's vision of monarchy in medieval times seems to have been taken straight out of a fairy tale. Even though it has dragons in it, A Song of Ice and Fire has lot of things right that many movies don't.

@thrashgordon

2 жыл бұрын

"this is really accurate, 7/10. this is really inaccurate, 7/10"

@bwalker77

2 жыл бұрын

@Hay_M I don't know where you heard that Braveheart's mistakes had mostly to do with military history because that is not the case.

@jarrodbright5231

2 жыл бұрын

@Hay_M There are sooooo many things wrong with Braveheart that have nothing to do with the military side of the movie. Wallace's background and family members, the age difference between Wallace and Isabella, the circumstances of Longshanks's death (military campaign not Wallace's execution), the timeline of Scotland's royalty, the very existence of Prima Nocte let alone its practice in Scotland... (deep breath) I'll stop there but I'm not even halfway done. This movie was a fantasy pure and simple.

@AwesometownUSA

2 жыл бұрын

“this movie got a lot of things wrong, but they did include this one specific thing that I like talking about, so… 7.” - every appraisal in the video, haha lol im playin

@AwesometownUSA

2 жыл бұрын

@@thrashgordon btw, cool name

Paul Giamatti was absolutely BRILLIANT as John Adams in the namesake mini-series.

@Aethelwulf_of_Westseaxe

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@LordJagd

2 жыл бұрын

Role of a lifetime

This is eye opening. An American objectively looking at English history really puts it in perspective. We are taught fairly standard ways about these events in UK schools, but, as they say, the past is a foreign country and this is exactly how we should perceive it. She really makes it more real this way.

@ScottishThings

2 жыл бұрын

yet she cant even pronounce louden hill.

@frankm.2850

2 жыл бұрын

@@ScottishThings Or France.

Still have to love the passion this lady has for her field of study as well as her depth of knowledge. Also we see that a "part one" shirt button did burst and finally say "no more!!"

@lastmiles

2 жыл бұрын

Also there does neet to be a fart joke in here somewhere. Chaucer would approve.

Doctor Eleanor is now my favorite scholar... With bombs like "the magna carta wasn't that big a deal" and totally simping for Geoffrey Chaucer...

@LazyLifeIFreak

2 жыл бұрын

If my history teacher had been more like her, I too would've been more interested in history.

@jarrodbright5231

2 жыл бұрын

She's definitely up there, but not quite up with Roel Konijnendijk aka "The Dig a Ditch Guy"

Totally agree about Richard the Lionheart. It shows the power of having a cool name.

@alisonbird6737

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly lousy king, great pr! I think his mother had a lot to do with his legend.

@willmfrank

2 жыл бұрын

@@alisonbird6737 And also Robin Hood movies.

@htx92

2 жыл бұрын

@@alisonbird6737 He was never known for being a great king. I don't know if you are disputing the legendary status of him as a crusader but.. I never liked him much anyway lol

@alisonbird6737

2 жыл бұрын

@@htx92 Not as a crusader no. Only for the way he treated Britain as a piggy bank , showed no interest in actually governing and nearly bankrupted the exchequer, to pay his ransom. His legend in Britain is as a great warrior, but seldom does his lack of actual kingship come up.

@TheKamikazenaz

2 жыл бұрын

@@alisonbird6737 So a Churchill as opposed to the great Clement Attlee..

This historian is hilarious - keep bringing them back! "If you don't like a Knight's Tale that sounds like a you problem"

This gal knows her stuff and is hilarious at the same time! It would rock having her as a teacher ;)

It’s funny to see everyone ALWAYS wearing their armor. Eating, drinking, or just hanging out all the while wearing armor.

@mnm8818

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah every period movie is like the 300 movie they ride out carrying in hand swords and shield for months and then battle. No need any forearm gym workout after that. Only movie which amazed me is "The King" where they show children servants hunting, chopping wood etc + full baggage train of supplies, armor and 'engineers' to build siege equipment (thumbs up)

@KroM234

2 жыл бұрын

@@mnm8818 Joke's on you, on campaign especially with enemy parties in the region, during 14th or 15th century, a knight would wear almost full armor 24/7, we have direct written testimonies of this custom. This had multiple purpose. Reinforcing the body, and being ready to fight in a moment. Donning a full plate of even a half plate 14th century armour would take too much time to risk this during a campaign. Knights would sleep in armour during a specific campaign. In French there's the expression "blanchi sous le harnois", meaning a seasoned combattant, litterally translating "Whitened under the armour", referring how the skin of the knights during long campaigns would become snow white because they almost never removed it, thus not being exposed to the sun. Also at a time when gyms were not a thing, a lot of knights used the constant wearing of armour as a mean to exercise the body (cf. method of Jean Le Meingre, or "Boucicaut", Maréchal de France in the 14th century and early 15th century). The guy would use his armour to add weight during his trainings. There are countless French "romans de chevalerie" ("tales of chivalry"), written in old French. I remember particulary Mélusine or La Noble Histoire des Lusignan (late 14th century), explaining this custom during campaigns.

@ViktoriousDead

2 жыл бұрын

@@mnm8818 and the armor actually works

@robervalhaha

2 жыл бұрын

@@KroM234 I remember reading that during the 100 years war in some moments both armies would be marching and camping so close to each other that the knights and man-at-arms would do everything, from sleeping to gathering/preparing food, in armor and they would do it for so long that their armor would start to get rusty because they wouldn't dare to remove the armor to do maintenance and risk not being ready in case of an attack. Also we have to remember that the Romans used to do the same thing in their legions, man would do all sorts of works, from blacksmithing, building fortified camps to cooking food in full gear.

A Knights Tale is still one of my most favorite medieval movie. Definitely deserves the 10/10

Dr. Janega is absolutely fantastic. I love that this video felt like I was sitting around with friends BSing about movies rather than as a lecture.

As someone who's lived in Nottingham for years, Russel Crowes accent was...... mixed but decent. Which to be honest is pretty impressive, it's a tough accent to nail down. He sounded sometimes like a Yorkshireman, sometimes slightly Irish, but on the whole he did a really good job - way better than any other foreigner has ever managed, respect

@MauriceMoore1983

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah i recall American movie reviewers making fun of his accent in Robin Hood, just to be obnoxious. It's actually a decent accent and its obvious he wasn't doing the standard "British" accent on purpose.

@jamesmason8436

2 жыл бұрын

Tbh it's pointless even discussing accents from the Middle Ages. Nobody has a clue.

@tobiasmccallum9697

2 жыл бұрын

@@MauriceMoore1983 Exactly, RP is the standard for most people wanting to sound British, he obviously put in some decent research

@tobiasmccallum9697

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesmason8436 That's kinda missing the point. You don't want Victorian London sounding American etc in movies, it just doesn't work. If you ever produce a global blockbuster and decide to go the other way, let me know how it ends up

@Fabridb01

2 жыл бұрын

@@MauriceMoore1983 Yeah, the same thing happened with the movie Che, about Che Guevara. I'm from Argentina and I remember the critics in the US made fun of Benicio Del Toro's "fake argentinian" accent, like if they actually knew what the accent sounded like...

This is a great analysis! I actually never heard about the Magna Carta being annulled by the Pope, so thanks for the cool history fact :)

I thought Dr Janega was very generous to Rusty and his Robin Hood. I think I'm permanently scarred by the French using World War II landing craft crossing the Channel to invade England.

@ianb9028

2 жыл бұрын

By half way through that movie I expected them to use guided munitions and radar.

@tsdobbi

2 жыл бұрын

This is a pet peeve of mine in movies/TV with Rome. Yes I get in pop culture the Roman solider is most commonly identified with a Gallic Helmet, Lorica Segmentata and the large square scutum. They always put them wearing it in era's it either it stopped being used or before it was even invented. Like if there was a movie about Marian reform era legions and they were all in Lorica segmentata, its like 1000 years from now making a WW2 movie where soldiers are wearing modern interceptor body armor.

@HandleMyBallsYouTube

2 жыл бұрын

@@tsdobbi HBO's Rome, while kinda bad with the costumes imo at least did the Roman gear pretty well, more rounded scutums, bronze helmets and hamata.

@ZP1993

2 жыл бұрын

If you think that movie was bad,the 2018 Robin Hood movie is even worse,it has the lightly armored crusaders armed with bows and arrows using modern urban combat tactics. It literally looks like someone took footages of modern wars in Iraq, Afghanistan or Syria and used some video editing software to replace soldiers' rifles with bows.

@jjhh320

2 жыл бұрын

@@ZP1993 its was 100% non-historical and didn't really work...but i always appreciated that scene for trying something unique and having their own take on medieval warfare

Love listening to her explain history like this. Thank you for this video!

She needs to do every one of these historical reviews. Knows the stuff and she's hilarious. Love it

More of her please! She is entertaining as all get out!

Could you get a naval expert to review Master and Commander? Hailed to be one of the most historically accurate films ever made, would love to hear what an expert has to say!

@deankruse2891

2 жыл бұрын

Except for the French ship they were chasing was actually American.

@jordanbooth4470

2 жыл бұрын

@@deankruse2891 Because it’s utterly inconceivable that the Americans might have gifted or sold a ship to the French

@deankruse2891

2 жыл бұрын

@@jordanbooth4470 it’s inconceivable that the French would have sent it to the pacific at that time.

@Gatzby42

2 жыл бұрын

@@deankruse2891 I think they changed the setting from American Revolutionary War to the Napoleonic Wars because you couldn't make a 150 M Hollywood movie in 2003 where Americans were the baddies.

@deankruse2891

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gatzby42 true, we would have tried Russell crow under the Patriot Act

Good review. And if I would ever study history, I would love to have Dr Janega teaching me. Her passion for medieval history is apparent. Love it.

I just found my new favorite historian. I love that she is so down to earth and relaxed. She had me cracking up!

Going to my very non-expert church history classes and yes it annoys me how many movies need the 'nefarious church police' which weren't actually a thing anyway. Once again, Blackadder is probably the most accurate summary where a 'Witchsmeller' shows up in town and is part huckster and part lunatic. 'The Church' wasn't sending their FBI to shake down villagers, there wasn't a 24/7 Inquisition going on lol

@geoffhiggins742

2 жыл бұрын

Try telling that to the Spanish! You might find that's exactly what they had to put up with during the Inquisition.

@nationlessnationalist

2 жыл бұрын

Just typical postmodern antichristian nonsense.

@Sciencespipo

2 жыл бұрын

edgy atheists (ie usually lapsed Christian males who want to feel like they're super knowledgeable but aren't at all) are absolutely adamant that the Inquisition murdered millions upon millions and was burning witches everywhere it went. In reality, they weren't that powerful and their power was limited in time and space.

@Shan_Dalamani

2 жыл бұрын

@@geoffhiggins742 They must have had very poor sleeping accommodations, because nobody ever expected them even though they had reservations.

@durza7173

2 жыл бұрын

@@geoffhiggins742 Inquisition wasn't around during this time period. They came about later.

God I would love to sit down over coffee or a drink with her and just talk medieval. She’s so knowledgeable and fascinating with an awesome personality to boot

@brucebostick2521

2 жыл бұрын

just wish she didnt try to be cutcy/make jokes. it cuts into her ability to really interprete things.

This lady has a bit of episodes of this History Hit and I'm so freakin glad she does. She is really knowledgeable on this stuff, comes in with all the information she's given. Most importantly, for me, is she comes in with not only a lot of knowledge, but a lot of energy. You show up like that, then it generates more interest in the people that you are teaching and makes more teachers in that area. So, super cape for her for being an actual teacher that cares.

@arbitrary_raspberry

4 ай бұрын

She has her own podcast called 'gone medieval' !

Favorite guest on this show so far. Would love to see more of her takes

The trebuchet moment is one of my favorite historical moments

love this girl. Amazing personality. Would have come top in history if she had been my teacher.

@adamkatt

2 жыл бұрын

two of her personalities are being held back by that one poor button.

I love Dr Janega she makes history so much fun . I'd stay awake in any of her lectures

I love her commentary, combining knowledge with lots of wit! Very appreciated!

Can we please get more videos of Dr Janega reviewing things? It’s very necessary.

Never would have expected to relate to this woman so much. Please have her do more !

I love watching Dr. Janega's videos. I learn so much. Thank you!

I LOVE the way Dr. Janega speaks to the movies and makes it relateable for us folks who don't know history as well.

Thank you Dr Janega, really enjoy your reviews.

@HistoryHit

2 жыл бұрын

thanks so much!

She's amazing. More with her, please!

one thing that has remained true my whole life when learning history is that humans have always been the same creature, gladiators are jousting knights are professional athletes. Fart jokes are fart jokes. Graffiti is graffiti. Music is music. At no point in our human condition have these things ever been different for us. But people tend to have this prelapsarian view that things were "better in the past" that "the ancients were wiser then us". That's why I love the Knight's Tale *so* much, it takes a medieval tale and frames it in modern culture to tell it's story, to make it easier to connect with it's characters, is it anachronistic? yes *on purpose* because to the youth at the time the music might as well have been David Bowie, jousting might as well have been football, knights might as well have been pro athletes. And of course, it tells the most human story of all, a person struggling to hold onto something the rest of the world has decided they shouldn't have.

Thankyou, I thought this video was going to end in dismay with A Knight's Tale, but instead has graced me with tears of joy. I will for ever love for this

Me: this historian’s pretty cool This historian: “not to be too judge dredd about it” Me: *falls in love*

@ludicrousslim

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my Jesus God in Heaven that is exactly the line that made me want to comment, and the second I scroll down to hit the comment button this is the first thing I see. Kyle, I challenge you to a medieval duel for the hand of fair Dr. Janega!! (If she'll accept me, 'cut she's a totally boss chick who isn't going to allow herself to traded like currency.)

@joek600

2 жыл бұрын

@@ludicrousslim Im joining the army of dr Janega's simps

@dsalet1

2 жыл бұрын

I like how she refers to everyone as dudes and chicks.

@ludicrousslim

2 жыл бұрын

​@@joek600 Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do and die... Okay, wrong historical period, but the sentiment holds!

@AntonAdelson

2 жыл бұрын

@@dsalet1 And homies!

I'm a simple man. I see Dr. Janega verbally bitch-slapping bad movies I press Like.

I think this series is a great addition to your channel. Whoever is running history hit is really on the ball by acquiring all these shows and docos.

She is so awesome! I would love to just sit and listen to her talk everything medieval for hours!

More videos with her. She’s one of the best of these commenters I’ve ever seen. She has so much charisma and explains well.

She is really cool her enthusiasm makes her amazing I had so much fun listening to her:)))

Dr. Janega is a gem and needs to be reviewing more scenes. Loved her humor paired with her expertise.

Dr Janega is awesome. She really makes this video both educational and entertaining. Hope she does more videos.

The legend of Robin Hood is one of the reasons many people think King John was evil.

11:55 That is Buliwyf! I believe Ahmad ibn Fadlan wrote his tale, so that people would think him wealthy... They defeated the Wendol plague that was a curse on the lands of Hrothgar.

@oberstul1941

2 жыл бұрын

are you 13th warrior-ing us right now lol?

@Furniture121

2 жыл бұрын

@@oberstul1941 100% lol

@syjiang

2 жыл бұрын

It's just Buliwyf enjoying his reward in Valhalla, endlessly pillaging as a viking in multiple films.

@stephenh3919

2 жыл бұрын

Priceless.

@17Watman

2 жыл бұрын

The only historical part of 13 Warrior (which I enjoyed) was the Funeral part.

I’m from Rochester and live in Nottingham! Feeling very proud seen by Dr Janega

I don't know how the algorithm brought me here, but I'm so glad. Been a history nut all my life, and it's so awesome to learn even more by comparing it to modern movies. Brilliant! Thank you

Brilliant, from Edward at Sterling to "anyone who doesn't like A Knight's Tale"

Hey, kudos for switching up the History Hit ad to the end and switching up the scenery, much more palatable. Thanks for the free content!

I really enjoyed this. Thank you for this!

Dr Janega and Dr Konijnendijk are utterly spot on: enjoyable, knowledgeable, detailed and merciless, when it comes to breaking down and assessing the accuracy and credibility of medieval films.

I came here from A Knights Tale because its probably my favorite movie and I was pleased with her review to say the least.

@eduardogardin879

2 жыл бұрын

You must be 12

More of her, please. We love her.

Dr. Janega is brilliant I could listen to lectures from her all day.

This was awesome. She did a great job reviewing these. Very entertaining, and informative, but she always is.

Ok, I absolutely love this historian, such a great amount of knowledge and such great delivery. So fun. It does really annoy me when shows don't just get the history wrong but also mischaracterise the history they get right and give characters a much more modern viewpoint than they would have had.

This expert is amazing, I would listen to her describe my shopping list.

I could listen to Dr. Janega all day. She has a knack for explaining medieval history in a 21st century way. Love her!!!

Great video. The main issue going on with this series in my humble opinion as a student of history is that the clips provided to the experts aren't dedicated to their area of expertise. It's obviously still great, but I wanna hear Dr Janega talking about she's specialized in, I think that would let us get the most out of her time. Im glad this channel exists tho, hope to see more of this in the future.

I love all these episodes. Listening to people talk about a thing with which they have a passion is wonderful. But also “…not to get too Judge Dredd about it…” cracked me up.

@Shan_Dalamani

2 жыл бұрын

She tends to assume that everyone knows the same pop culture references she does. I have absolutely no idea who Judge Dredd is.

@MelbourneMatty

2 жыл бұрын

@@Shan_Dalamani here you go: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Dredd

"Don't want to get too Judge Dredd..." best quote in a age. Thanks so much 😀

"Killed a bunch of horses RIP" 🤣 excellent way with words, Doc!

I love your medieval movie reviews! Please do more!

This lady needs to be a professor, she brings a lot of positive energy about history!

@johnv6806

2 жыл бұрын

And a ton of personal bias. She rated the movies more on how much she liked them not so much on their historical accuracy.

@AlexanderNixonArtHistory

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnv6806 her magna carta analysis was way off.

@Arnazisti

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnv6806 because if you want nitpicking there's videos already where someone points out that the armor is 200 years off from the time period

@johnv6806

2 жыл бұрын

@@Arnazisti i want consistency. She gave black death a 7 while saying it wasn't historically accurate at all. She gave outlaw king a 7 while saying it was extremely historically accurate. Then naturally gives a comedy whos central character is a lowborn acting as a knight and no one caring a 10

@processfailed

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnv6806 I mean. Literally all history is is personal bias. Historians trying to simply state facts with no personal input is a relatively new thing and it’s till hard to do. There is really no definitive ‘truth’ to history, it’s just what the people of the time (for most of history, the wealthy educated classes) thought was going on. If you want lack of personal bias in history your gonna have a rough time. Anyone who has studied history knows this.

Can't believe she didn't mention that Lionheart tried to sneak into England in disguise, got captured like a chump, then John was forced to levy crippling taxes in England to pay his brother's ransom.

@davidweihe6052

2 жыл бұрын

He got shipwrecked in Austria's territory, then tried to get to an ally's realm to sail back to Angevin lands, but they caught him and gave him to the Duke Of Austria, who had to pass him on to the Emperor for ransom.

@egofluff8897

2 жыл бұрын

It was illegal under threat of excommunication to capture and ransom a returning crusader which applied to Richard

@TheBruces56

2 жыл бұрын

That happened in France.

@joellaz9836

2 жыл бұрын

Herbert Walter was the one who did the taxes for Richard, not John. The uprising against John wasn’t because of raising taxes to pay for Richard anyway. That came much later.

@jacobwalsh1888

2 жыл бұрын

John had no intention of paying Richards ransom. Idk where you got that insane idea. Any taxes John levied were entirely for his own purposes. Richard wasn't anywhere near England when he was captured, I invite you to look at a map and locate Austria.

Dr Eleanor Janega RAWKS MY WORLD! I find her quite captivating!

Professor Janega is amazing. Smart, well spoken, knowledgeable, subject matter expert, but not arrogant nor stuffy. I'm a fan!

@soniamacdonald9193

2 жыл бұрын

She's really not 'well-spoken', she gabbles and a large proportion of her words are simply 'kind of' and 'like' repeated over, and over, and over again ....