10 Ludicrous Laws from the Middle Ages That We Still Break Today

The Middle Ages spanned from roughly 500 to 1500 CE. For much of that time, the people of England lived under a feudal system in which both the laws, and the penalties for breaking them, were significantly more bizarre than the ones we are familiar with today.

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[shinnam]

The abstinence during lent, meant babies wouldn't be born durning winter, makes sense when food was scarce.

[Thescienceguy-a]

The fact that this type of content which is not even avalable on netflix is available for free is really astonishing. Keep up the good work 👍

[leslietarkin]

"Fear will keep the local systems in line" or in this case, the peasants. Fear has been used by governments & religious leaders to keep people down even since the dawn of human-kind. Also, thank goodness for trial by jury. Great video.

[zandernewson]

Did you also know that in order to improve their archery skills, many wins and pubs offered target for those to practice archery. When that became a bit dangerous, they suggested throwing arrows. The arrows got smaller, and we got a game of darts.

[TheAaronFerreira]

To summarize a lot of this video: Basically it was illegal for poor people to do things rich people could. Lol

[Fuilleverte]

Along with the shoes. The sleeves of men's shirts kept getting longer and more ornate. A law was passed at about the same time as the Shoe Law mentioned limiting the amount of material in the sleeves based on Rank. The highest level was allowed to have 9 yards of fabric. Hence the statement "The Whole Nine Yard"

[komoriaimi]

There are lessons to be learned here that, although in a completely different context, some of the strategies to keep power still apply.

[philly]

Could you do a list of the most ridiculous laws still on the books

[mintybadger]

I refuse to believe people didn’t think those long shoes were stupid looking back then.

[runehood]

I haven't watched the full vid yet but there's also those laws where animals had to testify as well.

Just watched the full video, and these are exteremly weird laws. And the jokes actually got a chuckle out of me

[Aligirl]

I've never been happier to hear this voice😅 great video guys!

[StacyL.]

Watching Weird History, blowing my nose as I'm eating a 3 course breakfast while scheduling a few tennis matches with friends, and feeling like a bad a$$ lol 🤣 🤣 🤣

[FuzzballRenakitty]

Since you guys just uploaded a food video too- how about something on an old classic (and disgusting!) english meal... Jellied eels? o:

[ninonino]

Thank you weird history 👍 keep em vids rolling 🏆👌

[Seventeen_Syllables]

Meanwhile, somewhere in Medieval Europe:

High Lord Thunderbutt: "My liege, the peasants are revolting!"
The King: "Yes of course they are."
High Lord Thunderbutt: "No sire, the peasants seek to overthrow your most splendid person from the throne."
The King: "Fie! Off with their shoes!"

[funnatopia]

Fun Fact:
The Term "Soccer" was invented by the British as another word for football.

Its use died out in Britian, but not the US.

[TheSaltydog]

The Edict of Expulsion was a royal decree issued by King Edward I of England on 18 July 1290 expelling all Jews from the Kingdom of England. Edward advised the sheriffs of all counties he wanted all Jews expelled by no later than All Saints' Day (1 November).

[joshwebbie]

I laughed way too hard at “ driving with influenza“

[Rippertear]

Maybe cover strange punishments next? I seem to remember there were all sorts of strange medieval death machines for the purpose, from stretching racks to head-crushing vices, or just putting someone in a cage in a public place and waiting until they're a skeleton.

[maestro-zqgu]

I'm no lawyer but if a law is extinct I don't think you can still break it.