15 True Things About The Middle Ages You Won't Believe!

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[nbenefiel]

I spent 50 years studying Mediaeval England and Ireland, focused mainly on the lives of village peasants. Virtually every village had a bath house. People usually bathed on Saturday, in order to be clean for Sunday Mass. Shifts were worn to keep perspiration from reaching outer clothing which was more difficult to wash. Hands were washed before, after, and often during meals. Physicians and surgeons washed their hands, instruments and the wounds they were treating with wine. They didnt know why it worked but they knew it did. Obviously, a daily shower was not possible but people did make an effort to clean themselves and wash their homes.

[ryanhampson]

The dancing plague I think was caused by Ergot. It's a mold that can grow on wheat if it stays too damp. Ergot gives LSD like effects. It makes sense because most of the wheat for the village was stored together and everyone would be ingesting the same supply. They think the Salem witch trials was caused by Ergot poisoning with the women affected dancing and twirling about for no reason. Of course the answer was "it's the devil!" and not just some women tripping their faces off from tainted wheat.

[marvinmartin]

I’ve been to few renaissance fairs, enjoyed them but started to realize that everyone was royals and knights! And we all know that was not possible!

[shaunsteele]

lol they didn't go around covered in shit all day. They did know how to bathe, and at least wash their hands and face

[renafielding]

When I was young, a neighbor drove by our house to show Mama her baby daughter’s nose, which was quite orange. Mama diagnosed her quickly and correctly with feeding the baby only carrots, which was all the baby liked.

[CherokeeBird]

Our ancestors survived. So many died, yet ours made it. At least, enough that we are here, when so many families have died out. Its wild to think about.

[boyar]

i understand during the middle ages people bathed often, their houses were colorful, and they had many of the vices that we have today.

[Jade-scne]

Holy moly, thank God I live in the 21st century.

[dgarza]

When did medieval soldiers go to sleep? At Knight time 😂

[judithham]

I refuse to believe that people didn’t wash their faces.

[Noisemansoundinsect]

Children’s crusade seems like something Greta Thunberg would organise in the Middle Ages

[Bck-in-Time]

The child that went on a pilgrimage is crazy and tragic! Awesome video! You got my like :)

[Shan_Dalamani]

JFC, if you're going to blather on about the Middle Ages, don't use video from Jane Austen adaptations and Disney movies that depict stories from well outside medieval times. Some of the dancing scenes are cribbed from YT videos demonstrating regional medieval court dances. There was nothing wild or frenetic about them.

[tommy]

I like that last one... Sparky, Fluffy, and Fido you're all guilty and will hang after giving your last statement! What was that? Ruff ruff, bow wow, and yip yip? Scribe get that down immediately!

[suzannebosjolie]

Its said that the first thing we’d notice if we went back in time is the body odor!

[andrewrogers-lksn]

The green Kids. I heard of pumpkin farmer who ate so much pumpkin she turned orange.

[LarryP]

A triumph in content creation. A parallel book had a seismic influence on me. "Temporal Echoes: Amelia's Odyssey Through Ancestral Shadows" by Vivian Rosewood

[bonafidehomicide]

So, there's a tribe that i cant remember the name of, that would eat the bodies of their deceased, and it caused in some, laughing fits that were so severe that they ultimately led to the death of the laughing people, and I believe that it was later confirmed to be a prion disease. I wonder if the dancing plague had anything to do with prions.

[AtroposLeshesis]

I didn't know monte python was historical

[sharonkaczorowski]

Those poor children…mass religious hysteria is always ends badly. I’ve always thought of Greek Fire as an early form of Napalm.