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Oh, welcome to Medieval Madness, where we try and shed some light on the dark ages of human history. 00:00:00
Because there are many fascinating things about the medieval times, aren't there? 00:00:14
Life, well, simply was different back then, not only technologically, I mean, try and imagine living without cat videos, duck face pictures, and Pokemon, 00:00:18
but it was also different in the matter of social structures, the pursuit of professions, and of course, living conditions in general. 00:00:27
Many differences can for example be seen between the mostly free population of cities 00:00:33
and those who lived under the rule of a feudal lord in the country. 00:00:37
But what was life in a medieval city like? 00:00:41
Was it all about knights and kings and was the common man bar the mere tool of the nobles, 00:00:45
as it is mostly portrayed in movies? 00:00:49
Let's take a look. 00:00:52
Side note, the contents of this video do not apply to every single medieval city, obviously. 00:00:53
You won't be able to find two cities that share exactly the same characteristics, 00:00:59
but it can be said that the features that are to be mentioned here 00:01:02
could have generally been seen in many cities. 00:01:05
We will focus on the average Central European city 00:01:08
in the High Middle Ages and the Late Middle Ages. 00:01:11
Now, where and how cities developed had many different origins. 00:01:15
So-called mother cities slowly developed over many hundreds of years, 00:01:19
for example in the vicinity of the Bishop's Sea. 00:01:22
Other important landmarks, such as a castle or a monastery, 00:01:25
could have caused the city to emerge in the surroundings as well. 00:01:28
Whenever these landmarks were located near a river, ocean or an already existing trade 00:01:30
route, this increased the chances of urban development massively. 00:01:36
Just think about playing Age of Empires or a comparable strategy game. 00:01:39
You usually start your city close to the water, right? 00:01:43
However, trade routes on land were rare during the early middle ages and in the beginnings 00:01:46
of the high middle ages. 00:01:50
In continental Europe, the only existing roads were leftovers from the Romans after all, 00:01:51
and only in the following centuries a road system was developed. 00:01:56
The reason for that? 00:02:00
Well, it was mostly the trading between cities. 00:02:01
Markets were the backbone of the medieval economy. 00:02:05
They were of central importance for traveling merchants, artisans and the townspeople who 00:02:08
bought cloth, tools and of course food, naturally. 00:02:12
Markets were mostly located in the vicinity of a church, either on a square or in the 00:02:17
form of a market street, and even for farmers living in the country, a city's market was 00:02:21
The opportunity to sell grain, animals, and stuff like that. 00:02:26
At least, well, that part of them belongs, which they weren't forced to hand over to their feudal lord. 00:02:30
Townspeople and rural inhabitants usually disapproved of one another. 00:02:36
Rural inhabitants were dumb, and townspeople were just arrogant. 00:02:40
At least, that's what they thought of each other. 00:02:44
The pretended arrogance was mostly caused by better education possibilities in the cities. 00:02:46
Of course, it can't be compared to the public education system we have in industrial countries nowadays. 00:02:52
But for trading, it was very common for townspeople to have at least basic knowledge, 00:02:57
like being able to read and do calculations, something that we take for granted nowadays. 00:03:01
Most townspeople would be craftsmen, like tailors, locksmiths, and tanners. 00:03:07
Or they would be merchants and buy goods from the craftsmen to sell them on the markets for profit. 00:03:12
What kind of profession would you choose if you had to? 00:03:17
Just leave a comment and let us know. 00:03:19
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discussion no it's fine fine be a dragon slayer do whatever dude whatever 00:03:33
okay however um back to the serious stuff walking around the streets of a medieval town would be 00:03:41
very different to us than walking through a city nowadays. It kind of stinks that we can't simply 00:03:52
go back in time and experience it ourselves, but what would stink even more is probably the city 00:03:57
itself. Feces and waste were mostly thrown into the streets or the rivers, and most of the townspeople 00:04:03
only owned one or maybe two pieces of clothing. Well, clothing which they rarely washed, so in the 00:04:10
and they stank too. As a result of the bad, let's call it, waste management, rats were a constant 00:04:16
plague. To fight them it was not unusual for citizens to have several cats in the household, 00:04:23
so you see, the internet's favorite animal was pretty popular back then too. But after all this 00:04:29
I don't want to give you the impression that the townspeople approved of the stinking roads and 00:04:35
bad general state of public space. In fact they constantly complained about it to the city's 00:04:39
council, but it remained a lasting problem in most cities. Hygiene was of course a different 00:04:44
topic for children of wealthy merchants or of noblemen. Also, their chances to enjoy a higher 00:04:50
education than the common folk were enormously higher. The main source of education was provided 00:04:55
by the churches and monasteries in which it was possible to learn to read and write in Latin 00:05:00
and have access to the church's libraries. Being rich sure made things easier that doesn't seem 00:05:04
to have changed. But it was not impossible for commoners to emerge and become wealthy 00:05:11
too. However, being noble or a wealthy merchant was extremely important in order to become 00:05:15
a member of the city council. This council was a committee of townspeople who were elected 00:05:20
and complicated procedures from among the townspeople. But, well, as it is still custom 00:05:26
in politics today, it's easier to get in if you know the right people and have resources. 00:05:31
The city council had many tasks, like granting permits, observing tax collections, 00:05:36
and they also constantly tried to take steps to gain more independence from the king or the religious leaders, 00:05:41
like, for example, an archbishop, who had a great influence on the city's politics. 00:05:47
To gain more independence sometimes even meant throwing a bishop out of the city 00:05:52
and waging war against the feudal lords, or even the king himself. 00:05:55
As you might imagine, well, some failed and others succeeded, 00:05:59
it, and the outcome would change the city for the worse or the better. 00:06:03
There's so much more interesting to tell about medieval cities, but this should be 00:06:07
enough to summarize the most important facts of everyday life in a nutshell. 00:06:11
I do hope you enjoyed this video. 00:06:16
If you have a question about the Middle Ages, then don't hesitate to leave a comment or 00:06:17
visit my Facebook page and leave a message on my timeline. 00:06:21
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