Rise of the Middle Class - The Urban Militias

In this video we will be looking at how the Medieval Urban Militias were organised and how the cities protected themselves.

The urban militia was more than just an disorganised collection of unskilled combatants the cities arranged paramilitary organisations to protect the city and their interests such as archers, gunners and cavalry.

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Links and Sources

A brief examination of warfare by medieval urban militias in Central and Northern Europe

The armour of the common soldier in the late middle ages. Harnischrödel as sources for the history of urban martial culture

The guild and the swordsman - Jean Chandler

The Bolognese Societates Armatae of the Late 13th Century

The London militia and its leadership

A muster of the Norwich militia

The Later Medieval City, 1300-1500 – David Nicholas

The Growth of the Medieval City: From Late Antiquity to the Early Fourteenth Century
By David M Nicholas

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Popula Urbanum is latin for people of the city. We are recreating the burgeoning middle classes in the 14th century.

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[TheTurnipOfTerror]

Martial guilds are such an interesting idea.

[cuber]

I came from Shadiversity and I have to say I do not regret that decision one bit, I enjoyed this video and can really say I learned something. Keep up the good work!

[magnuscole]

Thank you, it's great to know more about the militia

[frogmad]

I am fan of medieval history. Thank you for the info.

[vanivanov]

3:50 That's interesting. I was under the impression helmets were generally the first concern when armouring yourself. Admittedly, a helmet will be quite a bit more expensive than a jacket, so it may be that many people couldn't even afford a helmet. Of those who could, I have seen it suggested the preferred order of purchase was weapon, shield, helmet, sword or body armour.

It's possible I was mislead in this impression. Do you have any opinion on the subject?

[JP-zz]

I wish this was still around today. Modern society really lacks such community organization

[AGermanFencer]

I got friends who are shooting in a XVth century established shooting club ^^

[YlvaTheRed]

An excellent video to clarify what militias were, can't wait to see where you go with this topic in future!

[Seiga]

Using this information for my dungeons and dragons character. Thanks for the precious information!

[matthias]

Excellent video this is exactly what I needed for my own reenacting. I will check out the sources and I hope there will be more videos on this topic.

[sethleoric]

Imagine being the war horse of a butcher: If i don't do my job well i'll end up like the others lol.

[Aurora]

In germany the Marksman clubs or Schützenvereine began in the 12th century as organisation of... well, men wearing guns, originally soldiers and ex-soldiers, pretty soon they saw it as some kind of sport.

[lolroflpmsl]

What's the earliest period are you talking about here?

[vanivanov]

Interesting about the shooting contests. How many women participated in the contests overall? I'm curious if their win-rate was proportional or greater. Is there any chance these women champions would've fought with the militia when they went to war?