@@fabio.1 im actually a little excited at the idea of a canterbury tales style pilgrim caravan of modern time travellers bumbling about, talking funny and acting wrong with badly fitted clothes 😂
@@Artificial_Idiot i personally disagree, this way i dont have to pay attention to the video itself and can just listen while doing anything else. Plus, what would the animations even be? It's just not necessary.
@@yossarian00 ooo now that I think of it yeah agreed, 1 hour of a guy rambling wouldn’t equate to animations, even on lower level animations is still a high bar
I am not going to lie: if this was presented in any other fashion I would be extremely bored; but, presenting it from a Time Traveller's perspective is an ingenious move. I would love to see more!
@@ouareaugirl Damn lol, this is one of the books I wanted to write. Ah well, in the same spirit I'll just bring it back with me if I travel to the mid aughts and "invent" it then.
Funny that you say that, cause I think the only criticism I have of this video is that it is presented in this strange format. I would actually prefer to get the information without the pretense. Why would the format change your enjoyment of the information, just curious? There's a ton of fascinating information in here that I'm glad I know now, despite the format
Just checking in from 2054. I have to say that this is still the most accurate travel guide to medieval Europe. Nothing better has come out in the last 31 years.
Have you visited 2046? No spoilers but there was a really good one posted then. Only lasted a few weeks online, though... If you are planning on going, look up a time travel guide for that year. And don't make the same mistake I did, don't forget the broom.
Well thats cute, i am from 2098. The world hell, Nuclear war started in 2059 and everything is dry and poisoness. I am using the Time Machine (TM 9-X7) newest model since 2045 to come here. I am never returning back. Which Time Machine model are u using?
@@JawBreaker1.Don't worry, I stopped that one since nuclear winter rendered my solar panels weak. Though I guess someone adjusted it since when I got back the sky was on fire so I yeeted out of that hellscape and decided to stay in 2020 since its a quiet time of year and the memes were spicy. I say neigh on travel guides and just advice to wing it so it's more exciting
Can anyone help me get back to 2056? I need to get my family out before the 2059 war, but I used an old school flux capacitor based time machine (The Chinese knockoff version that looked like the classic 80's stories). Now I'm stuck here in 2023. I've got a nice little piece of land secured in 1456 that I want to take the family to and be save and secure
If I was a history teacher I would have my students do travel guides for different destinations during different times. This really makes you focus and pay attention.
The real problem is that you probably are an English Only Speaker! Since Americans are notoriously monolingual… if you are one of those, then you have nothing to work from!! Even high school Spanish or French would be helpful. So, you should confine yourself to visiting England. This may not be where you’d like to go but, you might get away with it. Mind you, the English spoken in England during the Middle Ages, however, will be quite like a foreign language to you in itself but, you’ll understand some things… !
The description had this in suggested reading but if you liked this video, read the book "The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England" - I've been making my way through it as slow bedtime reading and it's delightfully written, if you like the tone of this video you'll really enjoy it!
@@freyaporter99Thanks a bunch for the suggestion! Was wondering if there was literature of similar nature and had neglected to check the description. Will definitely check it out!
I started this telling myself “No way I’m sitting through this entire 1 hour video” and 59 minutes in I realized I needed another 2 hours. This was excellent.
Yo negro, what exactly do you think they would do to an Abyssinian brother like you in medieval Europe??? Remember, they didn't have any BS ideas like "multiculturalism" or "social justice" back then, homeboy!!!
I'm a journalist in Cambodia. A British colleague of mine has been here for about 30 years. Way back when, there was predicted to be a full solar eclipse. They got the idea to visit a rural Cambodian village and ask them about their reaction to the eclipse. The problem is, when the first white people visited the village justbefore the sun went out, the villagers concludes they were the ones who had brought it, and refused to talk to them, asking them politely but pointedly to leave and take their dark powers with them. I imagine you would get a similar reaction in Medieval Europe.
I have, no joke, always wanted to see a series like this. The idea of using "So you've found yourself stuck in the past. Here's what you need to know" as a framing device to deliver historical education feels like a perfect recipe and I'm elated someone else thought of the idea and then actually had the expertise to *make* it. I hope this continues.
You’ll love The Knowledge. It’s a book framed as if there’s a society-destroying cataclysm coming and what you’d need to know to rebuild society. It covers literally everything!
Check out Connie Willis' Doomsday Book. It's a SF story about how time travel exists, and history professors are in charge of it. Really well thought out and researched, and a clever and entertaining read.
While not a history book Michael Crichton's "Timeline" is quite good as a time travel book to 1357. It does cover a lot of how a modern person would interact with this world but is a science fiction book first. Much better then the movie of the same name.
Actually regression hypnosis goes to previous lives all the time as maybe you are aware.. that is of course not exactly a time machine, as you go to previous, not present experiences ;D
This video perfectly demonstrates why Medieval records fail to mention time travelers--the travelers were either extremely well prepared and blended right in, or didn't even bother to go because it was too much hassle. 😂
Following this, we could conjecturate that the Roswell aliens were the unprepared ones.among other aliens, at least regarding the New Mexico thunderstorms.
You need to add the time clause to your travel insurance. It’s a little pricey, but worth it. This ensures a 60% return on any time related incidents. I would also add the grandfather paradox clause, in case you end up becoming your own ancestor- and the bootstrap clause in case you accidentally create an infinite loop. Trust me, you don’t want to deal with the fall-out from that if you aren’t insured.
@@isaiahdelgado7146 better to know what stocks are going to be huge that are currently low value, new IPOs, and get in early. Yeah, you don't get half billion now, but with enough variety in stocks (or whatever) you'll be rich and invisible. Just tell people you let your cat pick stocks or something. I know the modern thinking of the stock market precludes this from working, but i think the theories don't really account for "perfect foreknowledge".
@@SpaghettyLuvsU It's not him in the video tho. Either he used an android or that android killed him and took over his channel. Look in his "eyes" carefully. There is definitely something off about the eyes. First time I noticed was a video posted in 2029; there's a very slight difference in his voice, and definitely something wrong with his eyes.
I wish I had this guide in 2019. Ended up in Thessalonica in 1185, didnt read about any historical events and was almost killed by the Normans when I was talked into joining the battle by a friend I made in the inn I stayed at. If I had your video then, I’d have read up on the history of it and would have realized that going on holiday to a city about to be ransacked is a bad idea😂😂
I'm from 2125 and I've got to say that this was an amazing advice. Unfortunately traveling to the medieval europe was prohibited by the government 3 years ago.
@@spinakker14Real clever, but unfortunately the time police monitor all possible realities for violators of the law In fact I might be arrested in the present for trying this method in the future
This'll probably get lost in the sea of comments here, but my absolute favorite thing about this video, and all of your other ones, is you leave in the moments where you're thinking. You leave in the little vocal pauses, or moments when you say something one way, but then correct it slightly. It's so human, it's so conversational, it's one of the best ways to keep a listener engaged because it doesn't feel like memorizing a history lesson, it's having a one sided conversation about history
Totally agree. I also think it makes for a much more relaxing listen, because it's not a load of information coming at you super fast, but really just that natural feel of an actual person talking to you
I miss when videos like this were commonplace. I've dubbed the modern version of making "content" in which they implore "zoomer editing". Aka: almost every pause and sometimes (worst case) the spaces between words and sentences are shortened or cut. It's to keep up with the children who have 0 attention span or people who click off the second they lack amusement. It's poisoned tons of otherwise well-meaning people broadcasting on the internet.
@@rawbones4117 it’s not due to attention span, it’s content medium. This video is essentially a podcast, so the pauses are interesting to listen to because it improves a conversational listening. It’s VERY good as a podcast. For a video meant to be watched, you need to be more engaging, and part of that is being fluid. Pauses are for emphasis and intentional reflection when trying to engage people, anything else (excepting the ends of sentences) should be removed. Source: this is literally my job, I have a marketing masters and teach people how to be engaging speakers.
Thanks dude, it was very helpful. I introduced myself as a wandering tinker. One evening, I arrived in a small, isolated village where people were gathered around their central well, arguing in hushed, desperate tones. The water had turned foul, and several villagers had fallen ill. Examining the situation, I realized the problem: animal waste from nearby grazing fields had contaminated the water source. Though I couldn’t explain germs or waterborne diseases in modern terms, I spoke of "invisible impurities" and the need to purify the water. Using charcoal and sand from the area, I showed them how to build a simple filtration system. I demonstrated boiling water over a fire, something they rarely did, claiming it was a method taught by wise healers from distant lands. Initially skeptical, they reluctantly tried it, and within days, the illnesses began to subside. While repairing some tools for the blacksmith, I subtly shared ideas about rotating fields to avoid overgrazing and improve soil health. The smith listened intently, and word of these "foreign innovations" spread quickly. When I departed a week later, the villagers gifted me a crude but heartfelt carving of a tinker standing beside a well. As I walked away, I overheard one child saying, "Perhaps he was sent by the stars."
This is a really, _really_ good way to learn history. Putting yourself into a situation, where you'd need practical application for all this knowledge.
Don't know if someone else has covered this, but another TH-camr did a similar series on time travel to ancient Rome. A major question was how to finance your stay, since you wouldn't be able to use modern money. His advice on this would also apply to a medieval European town or city. His suggestion was to visit a supermarket before you time travel. Buy as much pepper as you'll be able to take with you. Make sure that it's securely packaged to prevent leakage and to preserve freshness. When you time travel, walk around markets and get a general sense of the price of stuff. Find a spice merchant and sell *only some* of your pepper. Do not sell a big amount because you risk "flooding the market". Another day find a different spice merchant and sell a bit more pepper. Repeat this process as often as necessary, each time selling to a different spice merchant to keep the selling price up. And sell small amounts of pepper each time so you don't have to walk around town with loads of cash on you.
@trishriederer1857 Sorry, I can't remember the exact name. You could try just typing in things like HOW TO SURVIVE IN ANCIENT ROME or IF YOU WENT BACK IN TIME TO ANCIENT ROME or something like that. Sorry, I saw it a long time ago.
I want to travel to the pre-9/11 US. No major culture wars, I speak the language, no plagues with good healthcare. I get to buy Amazon stock and make bank!
WaitButWhy did an article on this a couple of years ago (maybe 10 already). Basically, the shock from all the modern tech and how the stuff has changed would be so great that the medieval person would get an instant stroke and die, probably while puking profusely. Bad idea
I love how you explained this with very simple, non technical language. It's silly but having people from medieval Europe talked about as normal people (and having it explained that you, in fact, would be the weirdo) really flips your perspective on things
Day to day life on the individual level is something often looked over, academics tend to focus on the big picture - history is mostly a story of empires on the broader level.
I don't think any other video made me truly internalize that the past was a real place with real people and not just words in a history book. Great job!
agreed! he does a great job of humanizing the people of that time. Personally I tend to think of historical people as being completely different from modern people, but in reality we are very similar.
@@han-sn8tu Yeah the whole, "Dude they're just going to think you're annoying and not talk to you" is pretty hilarious advice that puts it into perspective.
What you explained in the video is very similar to my experience of visiting Chinese villages as a black man back in the years 2017-2020: Yes, people were very friendly and curious; yes, they bombarded me with questions and always wanted to know more about the world outside; yes, people that I didn't know invited me for dinner in their houses; yes, plenty of people tried to scam me and take something from every time I traveled alone 😅 I also find it curious that when I was in Tibetan and Muslim communities in China they were very obsessed in asking what my religion was. It was all about religious identity, not even my skin color.
Your comment reminds me of a guy on TikTok. His account is called BoBo. He hangs out in a village cooking food and inviting his elderly friend over for dinner. That's so cool you were able to be in China that long. That must have been amazing. I've always wanted to travel around China but I haven't had the chance.
The first person to perform an Islamic call to prayer (Adhan) was an Ethiopian who was also a former slave (under Pagans). That's one of the main reasons as to why skin color isn't emphasized in Islam.
@@josephrobinson6171 No, there’s no correlation lol. Pre-Islamic Arabia was pagan and Mecca was a merchant city where slaves were sold. This is a historical fact, if only you could read. Also Atlantic Slave Trade 🤫
This was soooo helpful!! I have a time travel trip coming up to medieval Europe and I was really nervous that I wasn’t equipped enough to get on with the locals but now I feel ready. Thanks!
I watched this for the first time 7 years ago on my second trip to the European Middle Ages and I revisit it every time I'm heading back. Cannot recommend highly enough!
I like traveling to the Middle Ages, but I rarely do it anymore. You get a lot of attention from the locals and while this is fun at first, it quickly gets tiring and sometimes a bit scary. Once people get talking they'll realise you're not from the area. People in this era had a much more relaxed relationship to work and will simply stop what they are doing and gather around you to gawk, even if you wear period-appropriate clothing. One thing few historians talk about is how many poor kids there are running around begging. Even a modest sized village has a ton of kids that will swarm you. A lot of these kids are nice, but not all of them. Some kids carry small knives. I did a trip to 11 century France a couple years back and got knifed in the back of the thigh by this kid who was intent on stealing anything he could get his hands on. On the last trip I avoided villages and did a 12th century backcountry trip in the Swiss Alps. This was a great experience. At no point did I feel unsafe. My only regular company was an occasional goat.
Found my lil bro watching this, I literally can't believe he willingly watched a hour long middle ages video instead of playing Fortnite, this way to present history like you're time traveling is crazy, schools should start to teach kids like this
2:55 Personal safety 11:35 Money 14:25 Where to sleep 17:00 Where to eat 18:00 Language barrier 22:55 Social class 30:22 Shopping 48:22 Arrival and time travel discretion 55:27 Medicine
That disclaimer at the start was excellent. I never considered that snooping around a medieval castle would be welcomed with the same enthusiasm as snooping around a modern army barracks.
If you could pretend you were of the right social status you could probably get an invitation from the castle owner, who’d be pleased to host you in order to exchange news with you. And one invitation would lead to a letter of recommendation to a neighbouring castle. Also, it’s well known that when the owners were away, impoverished staff would be happy to host visitors for a small monetary contribution.
Advice for time traveling to medieval Europe 0959am 21.11.23 HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING: OYE! OYE! ...........OYE! regards religious practices and belief....they were all at it - converting - forced or no - to fit in with the general populace of the region they dealt...whether on a pilgrimage or when delving into the mercantile aspects of said region. to your Way of thinking, though: i wouldn't be surprised if the average joe had a hydra headed approach to religion - old Baphomet would have been proud. and, as we know, the masonic legacy lives on!! as do the troubles. and, to your way of thinking, the wily would have set off from Europe, tasked with seeing a boat load of worshippers through Europe and into the middle east, knowing which influential people to cosey up to in both religious doctrine and the customs of the places passed through... just like any good holiday rep would do today!!.... anyhow; yer opening up an old stuffy library interaction from many years ago, for me, which delt with this topic - specifically, the crusades..... and most aspects of nowadays society re: prejudice and cliques stem from 900 AD to the present day. i think you are, maybe, looking at this from a crafty modern perspective as though you need to dupe folk to get by or find safe passage through a region and their peoples...crackpots are usually are left be. so that may bode well for a time travellers endeavours. be a bit loopy!! speaking as an i, ludicrous!!! i, personally, would say you all need go watch evil dead 3 - the more comedic variant of the franchise. and, maybe, alfred jarry's alleged obsession with time travel - which, we find, must surely be water based...
I just got back from 1260 South England this fall. It was fantastic, and the weather was fantastic at the time of the century. Only problem we had over and over again was prevalent anti-Nordic prejudices. If you’ve got white blonde hair, you’ll find it hard securing accommodation in most rural areas. Be aware, dye your hair!
It would get very repetitive, because 95% of this advise would apply to almost any other pre-modern setting you could name. The truth is that human life has changed more in the past 200 years than in the whole of the ~5000 years of recorded history that preceded it.
@TheSimianDeity sure, if you make it JUST a fish out of water tale. But if you make it about human relationships you can get a ton of millage off it. For reference, Stephen King's novel 11/22/63 could have just been about a time traveller from the 2010s in the 1950s, or could have just been about said time traveller trying to stop the Kennedy assassination, but instead was also about so so much more, to the point that a great deal of the book it stops being a time travel story and starts to just be an excellent romance set in the 1950s and 60s.
“Outlander” has some of these elements. But it focuses too much on the romance part for my taste. I would love a TV series about an entrepreneur time traveling back and trying to establish themselves through wit and knowledge about science, history and modern psychology.
@@lucbloom I know it isn’t a perfect match but I enjoyed the show ‘Timeless’ a lot. It does have an overarching storyline (not a romance one) but every episode a team consisting of a historian, an engineer and a soldier get send to a different time period and have to blend in. I admit it gets a bit corny sometimes but as a history lover i still thought it was a nice watch!
gotta say how much i love this video. i've thought about this exact topic so much throughout my life that actually learning this information cured some anxiety i didn't know i had
Only 5 minutes in as I write this, but I love framing this as a time machine hints and tips video. Answers questions that get overlooked about history.
I can assure you, the people who provide the equipment also provide medical solutions to the disease problem. Hardest thing is keeping your mouth shut.
It was neat at first. Then he started making some wild claims about racism then and now and I realized this is just another liberal academic living in a bubble.
@@silvesta5027How's he wrong. It's definitely a wild claim that medieval europe didn't have colour based racism. If his claim is true, why were only black people enslaved by europeans? In America, why were only black people enslaved and not white people? Slavery started because of racism.
The fact that a medieval traveller could get food and shelter from a stranger, and that one would let a traveling stranger dine and sleep in their home is wild by today’s standards. Imagine trying that today?!
Couch surfing is a pretty big thing :-) And it happens (rarely) that I invite travellers to my home, usually they are backpackers. and it happened to me that i was stranded somewhere and was invited to stay with someone.
I remember back in college I was drinking at a bar and talking to this guy. I lost track of time and missed the last bus to campus and it wouldn't been hours walking. The guy let me stay on his couch for the night and I'd only known him for a few hours at most.
The way this video was able to teach so much without without me feeling like i was learning anything, but simply listening to a story is truly amazing... Especially for someone who spends too much time attending subpar lectures
I don't like this phraseology at all. It's not your fault, since learning is presented today as a chore one must do, but "the feeling of learning" should be a compliment, and it's sad to me that it's used in a negative connotation (and that so many people agree with it).
Well, it is a story. It’s how he imagines it would be based on things he’s read. None of this is fact. For some reason, he presents it as though he has been there.
This is really a presentation style that takes advantage of how I think we naturally learn. We learn through stories and narrative. There is an undeniable advantage to this structure, and when applicable it's so effective. Math communicators often do this, if you notice.
Framing this as advice to time travellers is sheer genius. Makes the whole video so compelling, it's like the Middle Ages came to life, I could feel myself playing spy in medieval Paris. Masterful video!
Okay, this is brilliant! This definitely needs to be a series where you give advice for traveling to all different time periods and places. Ancient Mesopotamia, the Greek city states, Dynastic Egypt, Rome at the height of its power or during their Byzantine era, Mayan or Aztec, Ottoman Empire, India pre-colonization, I mean I’d love to see a video like this on every civilization of every era honestly lol but that’s a lot to ask for. I’d be happy with just one video of any era and locale a year, but I’d much prefer a more frequent basis of uploads. Either way, I absolutely love this idea and video. Well done!
@@Geo_Babe Honestly, I’d love to time travel in pre-history, to see what we were getting up to before recorded history, but also to pre-dynastic Egypt, back when it had first began the transition to lush forests and into deserts, when people began settling along the Nile. I mean I’d love to time travel to any time in the ancient past, but Tudor England sounds good too! Or maybe to Italy in the 14th and 15th century.
Unfortunately, this would require a lot of specific knowledge about the time period in question, which can take a lot of time and effort to gain. Because of that, no one person would be able to do it on their own, in the level of detail we see here. However, if you could find people who do have that knowledge, you could have guest stars that are experts in the period in question come in and answer the question for you, so maybe it is doable, but it would take a high level of collaboration to turn it into a series.
@@Oberonjames It wouldn’t be as difficult as you think, and collaboration would be cool but also wouldn’t need a high level of collaboration, as they could just cover half or just a portion, such as cultural norms or justice system and laws.
I’m writing a story where there’s time travel between today and the middle ages, and this video has been the most helpful piece of educational media I have found so far. Thank you for the excellent video!
@kuzinnik0543 there is a book similar to their idea. It's called The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson. I don't if it's any good I have not read it.
I legit started laughing just thinking about some random internet stranger googling "travel between modern day and middle ages", and being met with an hour long, specific guide on the matter lol.
I think about this all the time and appreciate that you treated this with the utmost seriousness. Thanks for debunking that pesky witch stereotype. This would be an incredible docu/mocumentary series with each episode exploring a different time and place.
I've thought about this stuff a lot, wondering how I could possibly fit in if I somehow traveled back to the European middle ages. How could I convince the powers that be that an exotic oddball like me, with all my weird clothing and weird language, was not a threat. I'm a retired neuroscientist, something that would have been a completely meaningless trade back then. Science, known as natural philosophy back then, was not necessarily feared or condemned by the church. But how could a person make a living as a scientist? What product would I have to sell? Who would buy it? I probably wouldn't be taken seriously as an academic if I didn't speak Latin. In fact, I think at some point all academics, at least at some universities, had to be members of the clergy. I think this modern age really is the place for me.
would love more of this kind of time traveler prep series, this is a great format to express historical nuances and details that usually get glossed over elsewhere
I could literally listen to things like this forever. This was insanely entertaining and educational PLEASE more medieval history and scenarios. I'm in love with this.
Such a creative video, one that you only see once in a blue moon on TH-cam. It draws you in and keeps you hooked. I’d imagine people who aren’t necessarily interested in history would still really enjoy this just from the immersion you created. This video is going on my good vibes playlist for relaxing days.
It's mind-boggling how we tend to forget that the mother of civilization is that one particular trait that people had since probably before we thought of calling ourselves "people": curiosity.
we absolutely want and NEED more of these for all kinds of different time periods and cultures! i was thoroughly hooked and actually pictured all these scenarios in my head. this really reminded me of my childhood when id listen to audiobooks about folklore and greek mythology. those historical ideas and concepts immersed me for hours on end. amazing work please keep them coming :)
I love it when people talk about time travel situations seriously and realistically. It's really immersive and can really make you think. This video taught me a lot too, given its format.
Just came back from a trip to medieval england. This guide was great and helped me so much preparing for my trip. Unfortunately most of the shops were closed because of the plague but it was still a very good trip
You could give a detailed one hour long travel guide for a very standard town somewhere in the US - in the current era - and I would probably watch the whole thing. Something calming and amusing about the way you deliver information
I love how he doesn’t break character and he acts like we are seriously going on this trip. ADDENDUM: No, folks, I ain’t going with y’all. I’m too accustomed to my life of 21st Century luxury. I don’t have the constitution for the hardship of such an endeavor. You guys have fun though ☺️
When I was a young adult, around 25, I traveled to Lebanon for two weeks. All the people I met always asked me three questions : what was my religion, who sent me here and who was supposed to welcome me - family member, group or organisation - in Beirut. Until I answered these questions, local people didn't know what to say or what to do. After I did, they were always happy, looked kind of relieved, and became very friendly :)
As an atheist, I worry I could get in trouble even at the first question. In fact that is something I worry quite about as I am trying to get my ass out of the house and want to travel somewhere real soon. I am not sure where yet. But not getting murdered because I am socially incompetent and would not be able to lie if asked what my religion is. That do make me not want to even consider quite a few places. If you have travelled more than that. How the heck do people decide where to travel to? I kind of want to see a bit poorer places simply because I think it would help me grow as a person. But that still leaves practically the entire planet as possible options. :/ ... Oh boy the more I think about what you said the worse it is. What is your religion?: "I do not have one." Who sent you?: "Nobody/myself" Who was supposed to welcome you?: "Oh nobody is here to welcome me. I know nobody here or would be looking for me. Oh, and I am probably lost."
Yah, not simple. You could lie and say a religion that the locals may not like or be hostile toward. Claiming you’re of the dominant religion in the area is a minefield because now you’re expected to know the ends and outs, taboos and all that. The “simple” question of “what’s your religion” is very loaded, intentionally. I live in the southern US where there are more churches than it seems enough believers to fill them. Meeting new people and them asking what church you attend isn’t uncommon, depending on the circumstances, and the question has the function of working out your religion as well as finding common ground. I’m atheist, by the way, and have no problem saying I’m not religious.
@@zhoupact8567 If they ask you religion, they're not asking what you actually believe, they're asking which "team" you're on. Society and politics in Lebanon is divided based upon confessional communities, so there's basically a Sunni Islamic tribe, a Shia tribe, a Maronite/Catholic Christian tribe, an Orthodox tribe, etc. Positions in government are literally allocated based upon that-the Presidency is always held by a Maronite Christian, the Prime Minister by a Sunni Muslim, etc.:nen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon#Government_and_politics You would respond based upon the faith of most members of your family/extended family.
@@zhoupact8567Christian should be fine in most places, it'll be easier than telling people in Muslim countries you're jewish and if you tell people you're Muslim like them but dont really know their customs you'll look weird and they might get mad at you for not respecting their faith the same way Christian they probably won't care too much
This is fantastic! This no BS style of a friendly and conversational lecture is right up my alley. I was continuously engaged with the topic and speaker. 10/10 Thanks for reminding us that mediaeval people were actually people and not "stupid." They simply just didn't have all the information that we have. Public school and mass literacy really opened the world up. Functionally illiterate and secluded people aren't stupid. Most of the time the people outside of their inner circle have no idea that they are illiterate.
This is in fact a watershed moment for most when they realize this is what modern whites have assumed of the Africans since the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. That these people from an oft distant land and with a far different culture were inferior on account of not having access to our carefully collected educational curriculum, which to any outside is complete nonsense btw.
I am from 2008 and I’m so glad that I traveled to 2023 so I could watch this. I’m not stressing anymore about my medieval time travel school trip next month.
A little linguistic tip: if you are going to southern Europe, somewhere between northern Italy and central Iberia, pick Old Occitan as your vernacular language. Firstly because Catalan and Valencian merchants are hanging around pretty much everywhere and Old Catalan is almost indistinguishable from Old Occitan. The odds you will be making yourself understood are quite higher. An exception would be the regions around Basque-speaking countries, even in well Latinized ones, because they got some "lengatge estranh" in those corners. Some people might stick Lombard into that category but I don't agree with them. Secondly because you might pop out during or just after the Albigensian Crusade (1209-1229) and a lot of refugees are fleeing into the peninsulas, Iberia and Italy. So you are not going to be the very first person saying "òc" for "yes" in the eyes of most people you'll encounter. Last but not least... because you could get some royal or noble a** in the process. Occitan-speaking troubadours are the Medieval version of our rock and rap stars. I mean, there's a reason why the modern French word for "love" is "amour" and not the etymologically more consistent "ameur" *. Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard I of England and Alfonso X of Castile did a great job for that matter. A Dieu siatz e bona astrada! 😊
There still is the argument on if you even want to hook up with someone Medieval. STIs and STDs were much harder to prevent, and let's not even get started on the time paradoxes that could occur from having no contraception lol
@@NigelMelanisticSmiththis can easily be avoided, almost all women were virgins until marriage especially nobles. Stay away from the tavern women and find yourself a girl to marry. Time paradox thing is still a problem..
Not a tv show, but there's a book by Michael Crichton (the same guy that wrote Jurassic Park) that has a similar premise, at least in terms of being about a group of people that travels back in time to the medieval period, how they need to prepare for it, and the consequences they encounter. If you're interested, the book is called "Timeline". Of course, it's not a history lesson, but I found it very entertaining.
Coming up with a plan / backstory for yourself if you where to hypothetically time travel back to the medieval period sounds like a good thought exercise.
If you gonna time travel, only a back story wont gonna cut it. Perhaps learn the actual occupations and skills mentioned in your backstory before that.
one very good back story would be to tell people you are an Armenian Christian, probably a merchant. It means you are from far away and no wonder you have strange habits, but they would accept you. There are also few Armenians around, so you don't have to stick to YOUR community, but being Armenian was still known enough to not raise to much eyebrows.
As somebody who's recently acquired a time machine and is wishing to visit the middle ages of Europe, this guide has helped me a lot! Many great points with what and what not to do. Will definitely save me from being burnt alive for heresy and witchcraft when I eventually do go there!
No time traveller has ever been burnt for witchcraft in the middle ages. Actually, _believing_ in witchcraft was only legal from 1486 onwards. So better don't talk of witchcraft at all. Actually, most non-religious people will be fine, pretending they're Catholics. The problem comes with Christians of certain denominations that have strong views, which might contradict the main ruling dogma. Those people are very much in danger of getting themselves burnt for heresy. And the 13th century saw massive hunts for heretics, mostly in the south of France (Waldensians and Cathars)
@@rkr6237 i know you didnt ask me but i really recommend the tortinato noordle coronofiliartor 4638 because using that ive already made 10 successful trips to the carboniferous time period
Something about clothing: if they see your modern clothes they will assume that you are rich. Not only that modern fabrics are extremely soft and delicate, but also the stitches are so accurate that even the king would be envy. Since fabrics was very expensive, any extensive cutting was seen as a luxury. They was trying to keep fabrics in big pieces when sewing.
Especially when you get into things like jeans that have tiny little bits of fine metal work incorporated into them. Iirc a decent amount of our clothing would also be seen as unbelievably indecent though, so at least some care should be put towards what modern clothing you take back with you and wear
I listened to this entire thing while working on the yard. It was the most therapeutic experience! But I'm just now, days later, finding out that this man is actually in the video and isn't just a disembodied voice.
What fun! When my kids were younger, we wrote time travel stories together as a way to explore history in a fun way. I am pleased to say that we got most of our research right. We even addressed what it would be for a black person to time travel in 13th century England. We did have a near witch burning (got me scared when you me toned that), but it was for a modern person who showed off dangerous-seeming technology, so maybe we got away with it. Anyway, this was a treat.
@@juanignaciolopeztellechea9401 It's just garden variety racism. There are lots of Asian immigrants in London. Not that there aren't shitloads of other immigrants, this person probably just hates brown people.
I tend to visualize myself in the medieval ages often in order to try to get a better understanding of how most humans would have conceptualized their reality and condition of being alive. This video might be the best tool I could have asked for, thanks Premodernist, I will watch more.
Loved that you addressed race and religion, but wish you'd also added something on travelling as a woman. You see, my partner _really_ wants to go visit medieval Europe these holidays, but I'm not so sure it will be as fun for me as it would be for him!
Yeah, I cancelled my ticket because I am concerned about venerial disease and r*pe over there. I don’t know if I’d have any right to travel or do anything in that era.
@birgitburesch9881 Not really. It is very typical that his does. Also, drug trials are based on men and women die more in car accidents. Because crash test dummies are based on men's bodies.
@@JackieOwl94I think youre all good if youre older. If youre young and going travelling people will think its weird, and you definitely have to be on your guard. A male guardian will be very helpful.
@joebecker5187 Describing it as a pidgin isn't entirely wrong nor entirely correct, but I understand not wanting to get into the weeds as the topic could be a linguistics doctoral thesis on it's own... Google, in fact, tells me it indeed was the topic of a doctoral thesis from a few years ago that is readily available online.
a lingua franca is a bridge language between two groups of speakers who do not speak the same language...Frankish Tongue. It is also properly a medieval language used in the Mediterranean by traders and by the Crusaders. A very close variant is also known as SABIR (Saber)
Starting the year off in a history class with something like this would be so good. Engaging and lighthearted way to introduce the topic of a period by drawing comparisons between their time and ours.
This video could easily be retitled as "Advice for traveling to a small town in Mexico" lol. Its exactly the same. I remember being a teenager and seeing two tall, blonde, blue eyed Americans visiting my town and everyone was talking to them because we were all so curious about why they were there, where were they from, why they spoke spanish, etc. Moving to the U.S was like time traveling to the future. Fascinating video!!
Hahahaha I was thinking the exact same thing through the whole video, it would also apply for any small town in Colombia (or any south american country for that matter).
I was stranded in Mexico (long story) when I was fourteen, I am Hispanic but born and raised in America. I know exactly what you mean, they are like 15 years behind on everything. 😂
@@EyeLean5280 Not at all! The more I went through the thought experiment in preparation for making the video, the more I thought that an actual trip would not be worth it. Thank you for the kind words!
@@EyeLean5280I'm fascinated by medieval history but as a black man you wouldn't catch me dead in medieval Europe hell i wouldn't even time travel to 1950s america 😂 i know Africans like st Maurice and moors existed but it was so rare in most parts of europe theyd probably think I was burnt or cursed 😂
You could go to the Mali area. Basically the same as western Europe, sorta. You may want to figure out what, uh... tribe your heritage is from, and make sure you won't be chased after or whatever.
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this was the sneakiest history lesson i have ever received
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Ong through out this lesson I legit thought “Oh okay good to know cause I don’t wanna do that”
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Now for your spelling lesson on *received
@@M1N1Girl007 mistakes sneak in
Dude actually made me believe I was going for a sec
Literally 😹😹, I was listening to this in bed and wanted to go
Let's do it as a group as instructed in his video
if only 😭@@fabio.1
@@fabio.1 im actually a little excited at the idea of a canterbury tales style pilgrim caravan of modern time travellers bumbling about, talking funny and acting wrong with badly fitted clothes 😂
@@user-jq1mg2mz7o 😂 let's do it
This man found a smart way to make us sit through telling us all about the Medieval period
lol
Hey some of us really find these eras very interesting. 😅
@@vinegro4579 deffo. I love Victorian era .. even tho I’d prob hate it if I act lived in it sometimes things like that just seem reli intriguing.
I've been manipulated like a toddler.
This is actually a really good way to teach. If I was a history teacher I would 100% do this with my students
This was so good. No bullshit music, animations, etc. Just straight historical BARS from this man.
Thanks my dude.
I get how music might be annoying but animations would be interesting to see imo
agree with poly, animation could be a very good way to communicate a viewer visually, makes us actually watching a video
@@Artificial_Idiot i personally disagree, this way i dont have to pay attention to the video itself and can just listen while doing anything else. Plus, what would the animations even be? It's just not necessary.
@@yossarian00 ooo now that I think of it yeah agreed, 1 hour of a guy rambling wouldn’t equate to animations, even on lower level animations is still a high bar
Straight up raw dogging a lecture
I am not going to lie: if this was presented in any other fashion I would be extremely bored; but, presenting it from a Time Traveller's perspective is an ingenious move. I would love to see more!
Have you read How to Invent Everything by Ryan North? Takes a v similar approach but with a focus on science & tech :)
@@ouareaugirl Damn lol, this is one of the books I wanted to write. Ah well, in the same spirit I'll just bring it back with me if I travel to the mid aughts and "invent" it then.
Funny that you say that, cause I think the only criticism I have of this video is that it is presented in this strange format. I would actually prefer to get the information without the pretense. Why would the format change your enjoyment of the information, just curious? There's a ton of fascinating information in here that I'm glad I know now, despite the format
i think its pretty cool, it defies a lot of misconceptions about the time
@@bluupadoopcuz it tricks my brain into think this is necessary information. It's harder to be interested in learning something useless
Just checking in from 2054. I have to say that this is still the most accurate travel guide to medieval Europe. Nothing better has come out in the last 31 years.
Have you visited 2046? No spoilers but there was a really good one posted then. Only lasted a few weeks online, though... If you are planning on going, look up a time travel guide for that year. And don't make the same mistake I did, don't forget the broom.
Well thats cute, i am from 2098. The world hell, Nuclear war started in 2059 and everything is dry and poisoness. I am using the Time Machine (TM 9-X7) newest model since 2045 to come here. I am never returning back. Which Time Machine model are u using?
@@JawBreaker1.Don't worry, I stopped that one since nuclear winter rendered my solar panels weak. Though I guess someone adjusted it since when I got back the sky was on fire so I yeeted out of that hellscape and decided to stay in 2020 since its a quiet time of year and the memes were spicy. I say neigh on travel guides and just advice to wing it so it's more exciting
Can anyone help me get back to 2056? I need to get my family out before the 2059 war, but I used an old school flux capacitor based time machine (The Chinese knockoff version that looked like the classic 80's stories). Now I'm stuck here in 2023. I've got a nice little piece of land secured in 1456 that I want to take the family to and be save and secure
Someone was born today that does not yet know about the fact that they will be 31 when that year comes
If I was a history teacher I would have my students do travel guides for different destinations during different times. This really makes you focus and pay attention.
Omg.. that'd be a great idea! Even fun!
It takes away a lot of the dry side of history and makes it fun, too.
awesome
I, for one, was extremely focused while watching this
I do believe there was a cartoon in my youth that had a similar premises to this...
Me:"hello" * in old french
Them:"what?" in older french
That could happen now from diff dialects but yes prob crazy then.
Yeap language barriers are going to be a big problem
The real problem is that you probably are an English Only Speaker! Since Americans are notoriously monolingual… if you are one of those, then you have nothing to work from!! Even high school Spanish or French would be helpful. So, you should confine yourself to visiting England. This may not be where you’d like to go but, you might get away with it. Mind you, the English spoken in England during the Middle Ages, however, will be quite like a foreign language to you in itself but, you’ll understand some things… !
@@ThaisDaRosa-r8o and knowing some German will aid communication with old/middle English speakers too
This is a brilliant premise for a historian to use as a gateway to educate on any historical period. You MUST do more.
is your pfp manly p. hall?
The description had this in suggested reading but if you liked this video, read the book "The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England" - I've been making my way through it as slow bedtime reading and it's delightfully written, if you like the tone of this video you'll really enjoy it!
@@freyaporter99Thanks a bunch for the suggestion! Was wondering if there was literature of similar nature and had neglected to check the description. Will definitely check it out!
Indeed, he must... Otherwise the consequences shall be *dire* 😠
I agree
This is so iconic, I feel like framing history like this in school would make people interested in learning instead of just memorizing facts
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The vaccine idea is completely wrong. Germ theory is false. European people knew that during the Middle Ages/Mid-to-late Mediaeval period.
Do you know what the word iconic means?
why were you just memorizing facts? that’s a bad way to think about school
I started this telling myself “No way I’m sitting through this entire 1 hour video” and 59 minutes in I realized I needed another 2 hours. This was excellent.
I felt exactly the same!
This guy proved money isn’t the goal
Well said sir!
I'm watching for the third time, the whole thing! 😅😂
Yo negro, what exactly do you think they would do to an Abyssinian brother like you in medieval Europe??? Remember, they didn't have any BS ideas like "multiculturalism" or "social justice" back then, homeboy!!!
I'm a journalist in Cambodia. A British colleague of mine has been here for about 30 years. Way back when, there was predicted to be a full solar eclipse. They got the idea to visit a rural Cambodian village and ask them about their reaction to the eclipse. The problem is, when the first white people visited the village justbefore the sun went out, the villagers concludes they were the ones who had brought it, and refused to talk to them, asking them politely but pointedly to leave and take their dark powers with them.
I imagine you would get a similar reaction in Medieval Europe.
Lmao, wild even.
Admit, he did it. He did the solar eclipse!
I have, no joke, always wanted to see a series like this. The idea of using "So you've found yourself stuck in the past. Here's what you need to know" as a framing device to deliver historical education feels like a perfect recipe and I'm elated someone else thought of the idea and then actually had the expertise to *make* it.
I hope this continues.
You’ll love The Knowledge. It’s a book framed as if there’s a society-destroying cataclysm coming and what you’d need to know to rebuild society. It covers literally everything!
Check out Connie Willis' Doomsday Book. It's a SF story about how time travel exists, and history professors are in charge of it. Really well thought out and researched, and a clever and entertaining read.
@@izzynobreI’ll look it up sounds interesting
While not a history book Michael Crichton's "Timeline" is quite good as a time travel book to 1357. It does cover a lot of how a modern person would interact with this world but is a science fiction book first. Much better then the movie of the same name.
Toldinstone channel did a nice series called "A Time Traveler's Guide to Ancient Rome" .
As someone who day dreams about traveling to different periods in history frequently, I am thrilled this video exists.
Be honest, it's 1,000,000 BC to find Raquel Welch
I'm not alone, I do this even with dinosaurs.
time to visit the painter with a funny mustache
@timothyg1986 I don't think you'd survive long in a dinosaur world without lots of military grade equipment
Glad it’s not just me
Honestly love how detailed this was for a non-existent scenario.
Wdym nonexistent I just came back from 1350s England
whatd you think of it? im kinda curious of going myself@@kringle7804
It's good for people writing fiction and so on.
Actually regression hypnosis goes to previous lives all the time as maybe you are aware.. that is of course not exactly a time machine, as you go to previous, not present experiences ;D
@@madshoisgaardtheosophic orientalist appropriation 🤮
"you will encounter curiosity, not neccessarly fear" damn I wish we would have more of that spirit
This video perfectly demonstrates why Medieval records fail to mention time travelers--the travelers were either extremely well prepared and blended right in, or didn't even bother to go because it was too much hassle. 😂
Or they blended in by being badly prepared, and promptly dying of dysentery.
Following this, we could conjecturate that the Roswell aliens were the unprepared ones.among other aliens, at least regarding the New Mexico thunderstorms.
@@moussanoir2807 correct
They all watched this video obviously.
All I know is this guy oozes sexual charisma
My travel insurance doesn’t want to cover this.
You need to add the time clause to your travel insurance. It’s a little pricey, but worth it. This ensures a 60% return on any time related incidents. I would also add the grandfather paradox clause, in case you end up becoming your own ancestor- and the bootstrap clause in case you accidentally create an infinite loop. Trust me, you don’t want to deal with the fall-out from that if you aren’t insured.
This. Pony up. The more insurance you can afford the better.
@@HyenaPaint this is incredible
@@HyenaPaintjust the info i was looking for thank you so much
Or health insurance.
As a time traveller,this has served me well throughout my medieval travels
He did a second part in 2031, you should check it out
Guys do you recommend his guide about the Mesozoic era he posted in 2037?
Bro imma need them powerball numbers
@@isaiahdelgado7146 better to know what stocks are going to be huge that are currently low value, new IPOs, and get in early. Yeah, you don't get half billion now, but with enough variety in stocks (or whatever) you'll be rich and invisible. Just tell people you let your cat pick stocks or something. I know the modern thinking of the stock market precludes this from working, but i think the theories don't really account for "perfect foreknowledge".
@@SpaghettyLuvsU It's not him in the video tho. Either he used an android or that android killed him and took over his channel. Look in his "eyes" carefully. There is definitely something off about the eyes. First time I noticed was a video posted in 2029; there's a very slight difference in his voice, and definitely something wrong with his eyes.
I wish I had this guide in 2019. Ended up in Thessalonica in 1185, didnt read about any historical events and was almost killed by the Normans when I was talked into joining the battle by a friend I made in the inn I stayed at. If I had your video then, I’d have read up on the history of it and would have realized that going on holiday to a city about to be ransacked is a bad idea😂😂
I'm from 2125 and I've got to say that this was an amazing advice.
Unfortunately traveling to the medieval europe was prohibited by the government 3 years ago.
Can you travel back 4 years in time, then travel from 2121 to medieval Europe?
@@spinakker14Real clever, but unfortunately the time police monitor all possible realities for violators of the law
In fact I might be arrested in the present for trying this method in the future
STOP SMOKING THAT SHIT.....Still on DRUGS...100 YEARS???...Give me a break....DIDNT THEY INVENTED something different???
My bad on that! I didn't know my Mega herpes would spread that fast!
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As someone from medieval Europe who travelled to the future I can confirm this is accurate
How long do you get used to modern technology? 🤔
Ah yes, a vampire or immortal being. How goes it?
Sorry if I'm doxxing you but are you Nandor the relentless? Or is it de laurentiis?
Your English is quite good for a Medieval Frenchman.
Well, howdy Pilgrim!
This'll probably get lost in the sea of comments here, but my absolute favorite thing about this video, and all of your other ones, is you leave in the moments where you're thinking. You leave in the little vocal pauses, or moments when you say something one way, but then correct it slightly. It's so human, it's so conversational, it's one of the best ways to keep a listener engaged because it doesn't feel like memorizing a history lesson, it's having a one sided conversation about history
Totally agree. I also think it makes for a much more relaxing listen, because it's not a load of information coming at you super fast, but really just that natural feel of an actual person talking to you
I love it because it really reminds me of a university lecture with your super lovely friendly history professor
I miss when videos like this were commonplace.
I've dubbed the modern version of making "content" in which they implore "zoomer editing". Aka: almost every pause and sometimes (worst case) the spaces between words and sentences are shortened or cut. It's to keep up with the children who have 0 attention span or people who click off the second they lack amusement.
It's poisoned tons of otherwise well-meaning people broadcasting on the internet.
WTF are you saying
@@rawbones4117 it’s not due to attention span, it’s content medium. This video is essentially a podcast, so the pauses are interesting to listen to because it improves a conversational listening. It’s VERY good as a podcast. For a video meant to be watched, you need to be more engaging, and part of that is being fluid. Pauses are for emphasis and intentional reflection when trying to engage people, anything else (excepting the ends of sentences) should be removed.
Source: this is literally my job, I have a marketing masters and teach people how to be engaging speakers.
Thanks dude, it was very helpful.
I introduced myself as a wandering tinker. One evening, I arrived in a small, isolated village where people were gathered around their central well, arguing in hushed, desperate tones. The water had turned foul, and several villagers had fallen ill.
Examining the situation, I realized the problem: animal waste from nearby grazing fields had contaminated the water source. Though I couldn’t explain germs or waterborne diseases in modern terms, I spoke of "invisible impurities" and the need to purify the water. Using charcoal and sand from the area, I showed them how to build a simple filtration system. I demonstrated boiling water over a fire, something they rarely did, claiming it was a method taught by wise healers from distant lands. Initially skeptical, they reluctantly tried it, and within days, the illnesses began to subside.
While repairing some tools for the blacksmith, I subtly shared ideas about rotating fields to avoid overgrazing and improve soil health. The smith listened intently, and word of these "foreign innovations" spread quickly.
When I departed a week later, the villagers gifted me a crude but heartfelt carving of a tinker standing beside a well. As I walked away, I overheard one child saying, "Perhaps he was sent by the stars."
This is a really, _really_ good way to learn history. Putting yourself into a situation, where you'd need practical application for all this knowledge.
Absolutely! I found myself absolutely captivated, and then I realized I just spent an hour learning about medieval history. Absolutely fantastic.
The other practical application for this type of knowledge is to realize humans have really not changed much at all only our frame of reference.
Lol, indeed, great point.
@@ghostof1898 - And the fact that the Medieval weren't just printed words on a page, but real people threading their way through life.
@@MossyMozart Just like us. Hundreds, thousands of years from now, we too would be words on a page, but we are much more than that.
Don't know if someone else has covered this, but another TH-camr did a similar series on time travel to ancient Rome. A major question was how to finance your stay, since you wouldn't be able to use modern money. His advice on this would also apply to a medieval European town or city.
His suggestion was to visit a supermarket before you time travel.
Buy as much pepper as you'll be able to take with you. Make sure that it's securely packaged to prevent leakage and to preserve freshness.
When you time travel, walk around markets and get a general sense of the price of stuff.
Find a spice merchant and sell *only some* of your pepper. Do not sell a big amount because you risk "flooding the market".
Another day find a different spice merchant and sell a bit more pepper.
Repeat this process as often as necessary, each time selling to a different spice merchant to keep the selling price up.
And sell small amounts of pepper each time so you don't have to walk around town with loads of cash on you.
Can you please share the name I want to watch that
@trishriederer1857 Sorry, I can't remember the exact name. You could try just typing in things like HOW TO SURVIVE IN ANCIENT ROME or IF YOU WENT BACK IN TIME TO ANCIENT ROME or something like that. Sorry, I saw it a long time ago.
@@AttilatheNun-xv6kc thank you!
That’s great advice. I will definitely do that. Thanks. I got loads of pepper
It’s fire of learning channel
Ofcourse TH-cam only recommends me this video now. I just got back from my trip last week. It was complete hell.
Ah, you booked the Dante Trip?
I just got back from the inferno yesterday
this comment made me Lol
@@voornaam3191lol … brilliant
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This video is definitely one of my top 10 videos of TH-cam. Such a creative way of lecture.
I would love to see this turn into a series! Different periods, different countries... the possibilities.
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I want to travel to the pre-9/11 US. No major culture wars, I speak the language, no plagues with good healthcare. I get to buy Amazon stock and make bank!
PLEASE MAKE MORE OF THESE!!! Personally, I’m not a time traveler, but this is very useful for writing practical historical fiction :)
Sounds like something a time traveler would say
exactly what a time traveler would say.. 😉
Is it just me, or is that something a time traveler would say?
Nerddd
You’re definitely a time traveler 🤣
You should make a video of advice for a medieval person travelling to the modern world
They would be immediately killed by our wonderfully evolved viral and bacterial biota
That would be fascinating. Trying to describe modern views and systems in medieval terms. Do it @Premodernist !
There is a problem here - a man from the Middle Ages has already broken the phone on which this video would have been shown to him
The medieval person would be incapable of such advanced technology, bluepineapples7818. I do not think they would gain much from such a video.
WaitButWhy did an article on this a couple of years ago (maybe 10 already). Basically, the shock from all the modern tech and how the stuff has changed would be so great that the medieval person would get an instant stroke and die, probably while puking profusely. Bad idea
I love how you explained this with very simple, non technical language. It's silly but having people from medieval Europe talked about as normal people (and having it explained that you, in fact, would be the weirdo) really flips your perspective on things
Day to day life on the individual level is something often looked over, academics tend to focus on the big picture - history is mostly a story of empires on the broader level.
I don't think any other video made me truly internalize that the past was a real place with real people and not just words in a history book.
Great job!
agreed! he does a great job of humanizing the people of that time. Personally I tend to think of historical people as being completely different from modern people, but in reality we are very similar.
@@han-sn8tu Yeah the whole, "Dude they're just going to think you're annoying and not talk to you" is pretty hilarious advice that puts it into perspective.
Agreed.
I think one of the things that helped me click in my head that we are the same as people of the past is looking at roman grafti.
My favorite one was some nordic runes found high up on a wall inside a church that I think read "This is very high"
What you explained in the video is very similar to my experience of visiting Chinese villages as a black man back in the years 2017-2020: Yes, people were very friendly and curious; yes, they bombarded me with questions and always wanted to know more about the world outside; yes, people that I didn't know invited me for dinner in their houses; yes, plenty of people tried to scam me and take something from every time I traveled alone 😅
I also find it curious that when I was in Tibetan and Muslim communities in China they were very obsessed in asking what my religion was. It was all about religious identity, not even my skin color.
Your comment reminds me of a guy on TikTok. His account is called BoBo. He hangs out in a village cooking food and inviting his elderly friend over for dinner.
That's so cool you were able to be in China that long. That must have been amazing. I've always wanted to travel around China but I haven't had the chance.
The first person to perform an Islamic call to prayer (Adhan) was an Ethiopian who was also a former slave (under Pagans). That's one of the main reasons as to why skin color isn't emphasized in Islam.
@@zack2804is that why the longest running and largest slave trade ever was the Arab slave trade of sub-saharan africans?
@@josephrobinson6171they had slaves of all kinds, sub Saharan Africans were just easier to enslave and conquer.
@@josephrobinson6171 No, there’s no correlation lol. Pre-Islamic Arabia was pagan and Mecca was a merchant city where slaves were sold. This is a historical fact, if only you could read.
Also Atlantic Slave Trade 🤫
Glad to see the time travel community is thriving
Who's watching in 2436?
This was soooo helpful!! I have a time travel trip coming up to medieval Europe and I was really nervous that I wasn’t equipped enough to get on with the locals but now I feel ready. Thanks!
I watched this for the first time 7 years ago on my second trip to the European Middle Ages and I revisit it every time I'm heading back. Cannot recommend highly enough!
What time period did you go to and what areas? Can you share any interesting findings from those trips?
Clever traveling from 2016 to the future to watch this video in 2023 before going back to the 1200s hehehe
Wow, a true time traveler, watching this video that released 2 weeks ago, 7 years ago.
I like traveling to the Middle Ages, but I rarely do it anymore. You get a lot of attention from the locals and while this is fun at first, it quickly gets tiring and sometimes a bit scary. Once people get talking they'll realise you're not from the area. People in this era had a much more relaxed relationship to work and will simply stop what they are doing and gather around you to gawk, even if you wear period-appropriate clothing.
One thing few historians talk about is how many poor kids there are running around begging. Even a modest sized village has a ton of kids that will swarm you. A lot of these kids are nice, but not all of them. Some kids carry small knives. I did a trip to 11 century France a couple years back and got knifed in the back of the thigh by this kid who was intent on stealing anything he could get his hands on.
On the last trip I avoided villages and did a 12th century backcountry trip in the Swiss Alps. This was a great experience. At no point did I feel unsafe. My only regular company was an occasional goat.
Same, I first saw this video maybe 22-23 years ago yesterday. It’s helped vastly in the trips I take.
Found my lil bro watching this, I literally can't believe he willingly watched a hour long middle ages video instead of playing Fortnite, this way to present history like you're time traveling is crazy, schools should start to teach kids like this
Your lil bro is a real one for watching this
Your lil bro has learned a lot. Hope his curiosity continues to get honed more for his benefit
I wouldnt be surprised if you found him trying to build a time machine next week
lol maybe I can get my lil bro to watch this too
There is hope yet.
2:55 Personal safety
11:35 Money
14:25 Where to sleep
17:00 Where to eat
18:00 Language barrier
22:55 Social class
30:22 Shopping
48:22 Arrival and time travel discretion
55:27 Medicine
the video already had timestamps in the description
"I'm totally not a time traveler from the future guys, I'm just another peasant just like you. Wanna hang out?"
Check the description. Save yourself some time
brothels... where is the time stamp for the brothels?
@@mgtowmonger2729 I think it’s found around the year 1400.
Maybe the most practical advice I've ever heard
That disclaimer at the start was excellent. I never considered that snooping around a medieval castle would be welcomed with the same enthusiasm as snooping around a modern army barracks.
If you could pretend you were of the right social status you could probably get an invitation from the castle owner, who’d be pleased to host you in order to exchange news with you. And one invitation would lead to a letter of recommendation to a neighbouring castle.
Also, it’s well known that when the owners were away, impoverished staff would be happy to host visitors for a small monetary contribution.
also the president and his whole family happen to live in said barracks
or trying to sneak into a billionaire mansion with armed security guards...
Advice for time traveling to medieval Europe 0959am 21.11.23 HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING: OYE! OYE! ...........OYE! regards religious practices and belief....they were all at it - converting - forced or no - to fit in with the general populace of the region they dealt...whether on a pilgrimage or when delving into the mercantile aspects of said region. to your Way of thinking, though: i wouldn't be surprised if the average joe had a hydra headed approach to religion - old Baphomet would have been proud. and, as we know, the masonic legacy lives on!! as do the troubles. and, to your way of thinking, the wily would have set off from Europe, tasked with seeing a boat load of worshippers through Europe and into the middle east, knowing which influential people to cosey up to in both religious doctrine and the customs of the places passed through... just like any good holiday rep would do today!!.... anyhow; yer opening up an old stuffy library interaction from many years ago, for me, which delt with this topic - specifically, the crusades..... and most aspects of nowadays society re: prejudice and cliques stem from 900 AD to the present day. i think you are, maybe, looking at this from a crafty modern perspective as though you need to dupe folk to get by or find safe passage through a region and their peoples...crackpots are usually are left be. so that may bode well for a time travellers endeavours. be a bit loopy!! speaking as an i, ludicrous!!! i, personally, would say you all need go watch evil dead 3 - the more comedic variant of the franchise. and, maybe, alfred jarry's alleged obsession with time travel - which, we find, must surely be water based...
That would be the equivalent of stolen valor in the present day…
I just got back from 1260 South England this fall. It was fantastic, and the weather was fantastic at the time of the century. Only problem we had over and over again was prevalent anti-Nordic prejudices. If you’ve got white blonde hair, you’ll find it hard securing accommodation in most rural areas. Be aware, dye your hair!
Hahaha! Cute!
😂😂😂 really nice one 😂😂😂
a) like there weren't blond Englishmen, b) like Vikings were still a problem in 1260 🙄
Pack a couple extra zippo lighters. On my last trip I got 2 milk cows and a goat for mine, not to mention a lot of attention from the local ladies.
@pontifex9285 Racism is passed down through generations.
This would make a great series. Imagine a tv show presented this way, a realistic portrayal of time travel to Medieval Europe. ❤
It would get very repetitive, because 95% of this advise would apply to almost any other pre-modern setting you could name. The truth is that human life has changed more in the past 200 years than in the whole of the ~5000 years of recorded history that preceded it.
@TheSimianDeity sure, if you make it JUST a fish out of water tale. But if you make it about human relationships you can get a ton of millage off it.
For reference, Stephen King's novel 11/22/63 could have just been about a time traveller from the 2010s in the 1950s, or could have just been about said time traveller trying to stop the Kennedy assassination, but instead was also about so so much more, to the point that a great deal of the book it stops being a time travel story and starts to just be an excellent romance set in the 1950s and 60s.
“Outlander” has some of these elements. But it focuses too much on the romance part for my taste. I would love a TV series about an entrepreneur time traveling back and trying to establish themselves through wit and knowledge about science, history and modern psychology.
If it was netflix atleast 60% of the population would be african
@@lucbloom I know it isn’t a perfect match but I enjoyed the show ‘Timeless’ a lot. It does have an overarching storyline (not a romance one) but every episode a team consisting of a historian, an engineer and a soldier get send to a different time period and have to blend in.
I admit it gets a bit corny sometimes but as a history lover i still thought it was a nice watch!
gotta say how much i love this video. i've thought about this exact topic so much throughout my life that actually learning this information cured some anxiety i didn't know i had
Only 5 minutes in as I write this, but I love framing this as a time machine hints and tips video. Answers questions that get overlooked about history.
Exactly! Reminds me of Toldinstone's series with a similar premise.
yeah, it would have been easy to shout out toldinstone
@@tonyhawksunderground2 I didn't know he did a series like this. I'll have to check it out.
I can assure you, the people who provide the equipment also provide medical solutions to the disease problem. Hardest thing is keeping your mouth shut.
@@premodernist_history ah my bad it seemed like such a direct reference
The way he was talking about everything so smoothly , gave me goosebumps, like he really experienced it. It was so awesome watching it.
It was neat at first. Then he started making some wild claims about racism then and now and I realized this is just another liberal academic living in a bubble.
@@oneaburnswhat are you on about
@@oneaburnsman, where do you get your stuff from?
@@oneaburnsmf did you even WATCH the video? 😭
@@silvesta5027How's he wrong. It's definitely a wild claim that medieval europe didn't have colour based racism.
If his claim is true, why were only black people enslaved by europeans? In America, why were only black people enslaved and not white people?
Slavery started because of racism.
The fact that a medieval traveller could get food and shelter from a stranger, and that one would let a traveling stranger dine and sleep in their home is wild by today’s standards. Imagine trying that today?!
Couch surfing is a pretty big thing :-) And it happens (rarely) that I invite travellers to my home, usually they are backpackers. and it happened to me that i was stranded somewhere and was invited to stay with someone.
@@marteiasithat is done between friends usually. Not complete strangers
Do you accept cannibals
I remember back in college I was drinking at a bar and talking to this guy. I lost track of time and missed the last bus to campus and it wouldn't been hours walking. The guy let me stay on his couch for the night and I'd only known him for a few hours at most.
@@Nervadanebro WHAT. Where did that even come from
The way this video was able to teach so much without without me feeling like i was learning anything, but simply listening to a story is truly amazing... Especially for someone who spends too much time attending subpar lectures
Truly insightful, changing the world for the better
I don't like this phraseology at all. It's not your fault, since learning is presented today as a chore one must do, but "the feeling of learning" should be a compliment, and it's sad to me that it's used in a negative connotation (and that so many people agree with it).
Well, it is a story. It’s how he imagines it would be based on things he’s read. None of this is fact. For some reason, he presents it as though he has been there.
This is really a presentation style that takes advantage of how I think we naturally learn. We learn through stories and narrative. There is an undeniable advantage to this structure, and when applicable it's so effective. Math communicators often do this, if you notice.
What's wrong with learning consciously?
Why feeling you're being taught something would be non-desirable?
Okay this guy is fun as hell. Very well learned. I think he should be our first time travelling candidate to the Middle Ages.
In fact he sounds like he is speaking from experience 😅 highly suspicious!
Framing this as advice to time travellers is sheer genius. Makes the whole video so compelling, it's like the Middle Ages came to life, I could feel myself playing spy in medieval Paris. Masterful video!
So great that he manages to do all that with just his words. No fancy visuals, just talk. Incredible.
I wonder if the 2000s will be also referred as the "middle ages" from the perspective of people who will live around the year 4000
The video I did not know I needed, thanks to the youtube recommendations!
Please turn this into a series this was amazing!
we need a video like this for other time periods :D
I second this motion
Now i want advice “How to survive time travel to Rome”
There's actually a children's encyclopedia about this "time travellers' guide to ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome"
My advice is catch them sometime in the middle.
Be safe enjoy. Depending on date maybe don’t stand near a man named Cesar. ; )
Okay, this is brilliant! This definitely needs to be a series where you give advice for traveling to all different time periods and places. Ancient Mesopotamia, the Greek city states, Dynastic Egypt, Rome at the height of its power or during their Byzantine era, Mayan or Aztec, Ottoman Empire, India pre-colonization, I mean I’d love to see a video like this on every civilization of every era honestly lol but that’s a lot to ask for. I’d be happy with just one video of any era and locale a year, but I’d much prefer a more frequent basis of uploads. Either way, I absolutely love this idea and video. Well done!
Id love to time travel back to Tudor England or the Regency period!
I'd be up for that!
@@Geo_Babe Honestly, I’d love to time travel in pre-history, to see what we were getting up to before recorded history, but also to pre-dynastic Egypt, back when it had first began the transition to lush forests and into deserts, when people began settling along the Nile. I mean I’d love to time travel to any time in the ancient past, but Tudor England sounds good too! Or maybe to Italy in the 14th and 15th century.
Unfortunately, this would require a lot of specific knowledge about the time period in question, which can take a lot of time and effort to gain. Because of that, no one person would be able to do it on their own, in the level of detail we see here. However, if you could find people who do have that knowledge, you could have guest stars that are experts in the period in question come in and answer the question for you, so maybe it is doable, but it would take a high level of collaboration to turn it into a series.
@@Oberonjames It wouldn’t be as difficult as you think, and collaboration would be cool but also wouldn’t need a high level of collaboration, as they could just cover half or just a portion, such as cultural norms or justice system and laws.
This was such a fantastic way to present historical information please make more of them!
I’m writing a story where there’s time travel between today and the middle ages, and this video has been the most helpful piece of educational media I have found so far. Thank you for the excellent video!
ayo, once you are done with it and if you are planning to publish it or something like that, could i get a link to it?
Same here 😊
This is for TIME TRAVELERS. Please do not misuse this video for gaining knowledge.
@kuzinnik0543 there is a book similar to their idea. It's called The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson. I don't if it's any good I have not read it.
I legit started laughing just thinking about some random internet stranger googling "travel between modern day and middle ages", and being met with an hour long, specific guide on the matter lol.
I think about this all the time and appreciate that you treated this with the utmost seriousness. Thanks for debunking that pesky witch stereotype. This would be an incredible docu/mocumentary series with each episode exploring a different time and place.
Fancy seeing you here Hildegard. Your musical accomplishments are legendary. I am your devoted disciple.
Oh, Hildegard, hi! I love your music :)
I'd watch that show!
I've thought about this stuff a lot, wondering how I could possibly fit in if I somehow traveled back to the European middle ages. How could I convince the powers that be that an exotic oddball like me, with all my weird clothing and weird language, was not a threat. I'm a retired neuroscientist, something that would have been a completely meaningless trade back then. Science, known as natural philosophy back then, was not necessarily feared or condemned by the church. But how could a person make a living as a scientist? What product would I have to sell? Who would buy it? I probably wouldn't be taken seriously as an academic if I didn't speak Latin. In fact, I think at some point all academics, at least at some universities, had to be members of the clergy. I think this modern age really is the place for me.
a friend among strangers! huzzah! i love your carols, chanteuse
This dude single-handedly revived my attention span 🤣💯💯💯
would love more of this kind of time traveler prep series, this is a great format to express historical nuances and details that usually get glossed over elsewhere
I could literally listen to things like this forever. This was insanely entertaining and educational PLEASE more medieval history and scenarios. I'm in love with this.
No
"Literally...forever?"
Me too, absolutely love medieval history! ❤
i am feeling this too right now LOL
Such a creative video, one that you only see once in a blue moon on TH-cam. It draws you in and keeps you hooked. I’d imagine people who aren’t necessarily interested in history would still really enjoy this just from the immersion you created. This video is going on my good vibes playlist for relaxing days.
Some kind of seriously meme videos
Ahah, yeah definitely a good vibe.
I didn't think it would interest me very much, but the hour flew by and I'm subscribing.
I time travelled back to when there was still TH-cam just to watch this guide. Best guide on the timeline cheers!
Love how you described medieval citizens to be curious and interested. I feel there’s a lot of negative portrayals out there that don’t do it justice.
It's mind-boggling how we tend to forget that the mother of civilization is that one particular trait that people had since probably before we thought of calling ourselves "people": curiosity.
we absolutely want and NEED more of these for all kinds of different time periods and cultures! i was thoroughly hooked and actually pictured all these scenarios in my head. this really reminded me of my childhood when id listen to audiobooks about folklore and greek mythology. those historical ideas and concepts immersed me for hours on end. amazing work please keep them coming :)
This like this is the reason I love history I want to learn it like I’m going to this certain time
Yes !!!
no we dont, this is the cringiest content on youtube
His hair reminds me of a hedgehog. No offense.
I love it when people talk about time travel situations seriously and realistically. It's really immersive and can really make you think. This video taught me a lot too, given its format.
Just came back from a trip to medieval england. This guide was great and helped me so much preparing for my trip. Unfortunately most of the shops were closed because of the plague but it was still a very good trip
And, the WiFi is terrible.
Practically non-existent 😂
They had WiFi back then
@@Sylvester4571 back then it was quite different, the e in email stood for Eeyore because it was delivered by donkeys.
@@BluetoothedsharkIM DYINGGG😭
Wifi existed, but it was all done by pigeons. Not as efficient, a bit more cute.
You could give a detailed one hour long travel guide for a very standard town somewhere in the US - in the current era - and I would probably watch the whole thing. Something calming and amusing about the way you deliver information
Traveling to a current day small Southern US town, lol.
I love how he doesn’t break character and he acts like we are seriously going on this trip.
ADDENDUM: No, folks, I ain’t going with y’all. I’m too accustomed to my life of 21st Century luxury. I don’t have the constitution for the hardship of such an endeavor. You guys have fun though ☺️
Wait, we aren't!?
What do you mean ?
You aren't coming then? We planned this in advance
The replies 350 years from now going to be crazy!
??? We leave in 3 days.
Super smart way to relay info like this. More please
This would be a perfect series for a podcast “Time Travelers guide to different civilizations”
Time travelers guide to visit your very own grand^20 grandparents.
When I was a young adult, around 25, I traveled to Lebanon for two weeks. All the people I met always asked me three questions : what was my religion, who sent me here and who was supposed to welcome me - family member, group or organisation - in Beirut. Until I answered these questions, local people didn't know what to say or what to do. After I did, they were always happy, looked kind of relieved, and became very friendly :)
As an atheist, I worry I could get in trouble even at the first question. In fact that is something I worry quite about as I am trying to get my ass out of the house and want to travel somewhere real soon. I am not sure where yet. But not getting murdered because I am socially incompetent and would not be able to lie if asked what my religion is. That do make me not want to even consider quite a few places.
If you have travelled more than that. How the heck do people decide where to travel to? I kind of want to see a bit poorer places simply because I think it would help me grow as a person. But that still leaves practically the entire planet as possible options. :/
... Oh boy the more I think about what you said the worse it is.
What is your religion?: "I do not have one."
Who sent you?: "Nobody/myself"
Who was supposed to welcome you?: "Oh nobody is here to welcome me. I know nobody here or would be looking for me. Oh, and I am probably lost."
@@zhoupact8567just say you’re not an atheist. Simple
Yah, not simple. You could lie and say a religion that the locals may not like or be hostile toward. Claiming you’re of the dominant religion in the area is a minefield because now you’re expected to know the ends and outs, taboos and all that. The “simple” question of “what’s your religion” is very loaded, intentionally.
I live in the southern US where there are more churches than it seems enough believers to fill them. Meeting new people and them asking what church you attend isn’t uncommon, depending on the circumstances, and the question has the function of working out your religion as well as finding common ground.
I’m atheist, by the way, and have no problem saying I’m not religious.
@@zhoupact8567 If they ask you religion, they're not asking what you actually believe, they're asking which "team" you're on. Society and politics in Lebanon is divided based upon confessional communities, so there's basically a Sunni Islamic tribe, a Shia tribe, a Maronite/Catholic Christian tribe, an Orthodox tribe, etc. Positions in government are literally allocated based upon that-the Presidency is always held by a Maronite Christian, the Prime Minister by a Sunni Muslim, etc.:nen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon#Government_and_politics
You would respond based upon the faith of most members of your family/extended family.
@@zhoupact8567Christian should be fine in most places, it'll be easier than telling people in Muslim countries you're jewish and if you tell people you're Muslim like them but dont really know their customs you'll look weird and they might get mad at you for not respecting their faith the same way
Christian they probably won't care too much
This is fantastic! This no BS style of a friendly and conversational lecture is right up my alley. I was continuously engaged with the topic and speaker. 10/10 Thanks for reminding us that mediaeval people were actually people and not "stupid." They simply just didn't have all the information that we have. Public school and mass literacy really opened the world up. Functionally illiterate and secluded people aren't stupid. Most of the time the people outside of their inner circle have no idea that they are illiterate.
I was glued to the screen the whole time. I could listen to this guy for hours.
I got to school with a kid who can't read, but damn he is a good welder
This is in fact a watershed moment for most when they realize this is what modern whites have assumed of the Africans since the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. That these people from an oft distant land and with a far different culture were inferior on account of not having access to our carefully collected educational curriculum, which to any outside is complete nonsense btw.
LOVE this video. Such a clever and effective way to teach history.
I am from 2008 and I’m so glad that I traveled to 2023 so I could watch this. I’m not stressing anymore about my medieval time travel school trip next month.
This is probably REAL. So from 2008, now 2023. I guess you time traveled in the normal way (like we all do), and you are now 15 years older...
When you go back, don’t let that damn kid get anywhere near the gorilla’s cage.
RIP Harambe, never forget. @@CidGuerreiro1234
Can you also stop that man from eating bat too plz. Thanks
Sorry about the recession
A little linguistic tip: if you are going to southern Europe, somewhere between northern Italy and central Iberia, pick Old Occitan as your vernacular language.
Firstly because Catalan and Valencian merchants are hanging around pretty much everywhere and Old Catalan is almost indistinguishable from Old Occitan. The odds you will be making yourself understood are quite higher. An exception would be the regions around Basque-speaking countries, even in well Latinized ones, because they got some "lengatge estranh" in those corners. Some people might stick Lombard into that category but I don't agree with them.
Secondly because you might pop out during or just after the Albigensian Crusade (1209-1229) and a lot of refugees are fleeing into the peninsulas, Iberia and Italy. So you are not going to be the very first person saying "òc" for "yes" in the eyes of most people you'll encounter.
Last but not least... because you could get some royal or noble a** in the process. Occitan-speaking troubadours are the Medieval version of our rock and rap stars. I mean, there's a reason why the modern French word for "love" is "amour" and not the etymologically more consistent "ameur" *. Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard I of England and Alfonso X of Castile did a great job for that matter.
A Dieu siatz e bona astrada! 😊
There still is the argument on if you even want to hook up with someone Medieval. STIs and STDs were much harder to prevent, and let's not even get started on the time paradoxes that could occur from having no contraception lol
@@NigelMelanisticSmithYeaaaahhhh…seems like quite the gamble. Additionally, the church didn’t look super kindly on extra marital…”entanglements”. 😅
@@NigelMelanisticSmiththis can easily be avoided, almost all women were virgins until marriage especially nobles. Stay away from the tavern women and find yourself a girl to marry. Time paradox thing is still a problem..
Don't forget condoms lol
@@raulpetrascu2696Ye oldie condoms or just don't frack anyone in the past
I want a TV series on this so badly. A new agency that starts sending people back in time and everything that comes along with it
Not a tv show, but there's a book by Michael Crichton (the same guy that wrote Jurassic Park) that has a similar premise, at least in terms of being about a group of people that travels back in time to the medieval period, how they need to prepare for it, and the consequences they encounter. If you're interested, the book is called "Timeline". Of course, it's not a history lesson, but I found it very entertaining.
@@Alfonso162008 sweet thanks. Might snag the audiobook
Literally just came to mention “Timeline” 😂
TIME TUNNEL: 1966-67 ....THE QUANTUM LEAP:1989-1993...BACK TO THE FUTURE I, II, III
You now Abstergo?
captivating framing device for history education, not only did I learn a lot but I felt very immersed in the picture of medieval life you painted
Coming up with a plan / backstory for yourself if you where to hypothetically time travel back to the medieval period sounds like a good thought exercise.
It is. And when you get stuck somewhere, you do research and earn knowledge.
If you gonna time travel, only a back story wont gonna cut it. Perhaps learn the actual occupations and skills mentioned in your backstory before that.
one very good back story would be to tell people you are an Armenian Christian, probably a merchant. It means you are from far away and no wonder you have strange habits, but they would accept you. There are also few Armenians around, so you don't have to stick to YOUR community, but being Armenian was still known enough to not raise to much eyebrows.
As somebody who's recently acquired a time machine and is wishing to visit the middle ages of Europe, this guide has helped me a lot! Many great points with what and what not to do. Will definitely save me from being burnt alive for heresy and witchcraft when I eventually do go there!
What are you waiting for ? If you find yourself hesitating please hand me the machine. Pretty tough to get one reliable where I live.
No time traveller has ever been burnt for witchcraft in the middle ages. Actually, _believing_ in witchcraft was only legal from 1486 onwards. So better don't talk of witchcraft at all.
Actually, most non-religious people will be fine, pretending they're Catholics. The problem comes with Christians of certain denominations that have strong views, which might contradict the main ruling dogma. Those people are very much in danger of getting themselves burnt for heresy. And the 13th century saw massive hunts for heretics, mostly in the south of France (Waldensians and Cathars)
Good luck! I had a horrible time. Didn't watch the video. I went to the 1340s and I was like soooo sick the whole time. Disgusting
Can I come too? :)
Is this real?
As someone who is travelling to medieval Europe, this video has helped me a lot. Thank you!
Which machine you got? I want to get one but unsure which brand
@@rkr6237 i know you didnt ask me but i really recommend the tortinato noordle coronofiliartor 4638 because using that ive already made 10 successful trips to the carboniferous time period
yo can i hitchhike plsssss
100% of this stuff applies to if you're going to Los Angeles too and San Francisco and Portland in modern day.
@@rkr6237you can blame me of being a sheep but I go for Apple meTimeTraveler
I don't know what I'll need this video for but im glad it found me
As a medieval history buff, this is the greatest thing to me.
Do you mind listing some of your favorite old history documentaries from the early 2000’s/ 90’s ?
Okay nerd
Something about clothing: if they see your modern clothes they will assume that you are rich. Not only that modern fabrics are extremely soft and delicate, but also the stitches are so accurate that even the king would be envy. Since fabrics was very expensive, any extensive cutting was seen as a luxury. They was trying to keep fabrics in big pieces when sewing.
Im loving how you just blessed us with this obscure fact
@@sierrasmith8722 Anything for my fellow nerds.
Very experienced and nuanced comment.
Both my big sister and my wife are seamstresses. This is right on
Especially when you get into things like jeans that have tiny little bits of fine metal work incorporated into them. Iirc a decent amount of our clothing would also be seen as unbelievably indecent though, so at least some care should be put towards what modern clothing you take back with you and wear
showing up in jeans, some north face puffer jacket, bright nike shoes and sunglasses would be funny.
Please make this a series of different cultures and times if at all possible!!! I love this concept and your delivery❤
I listened to this entire thing while working on the yard. It was the most therapeutic experience!
But I'm just now, days later, finding out that this man is actually in the video and isn't just a disembodied voice.
What fun! When my kids were younger, we wrote time travel stories together as a way to explore history in a fun way. I am pleased to say that we got most of our research right. We even addressed what it would be for a black person to time travel in 13th century England. We did have a near witch burning (got me scared when you me toned that), but it was for a modern person who showed off dangerous-seeming technology, so maybe we got away with it. Anyway, this was a treat.
Oh this is so wholesome to read! That sounds like a fantastic way to tie together play, bonding time, and education. :D
I love that you did this type of video. I've often thought of such scenarios, but it's a treat to hear a historian play along with the fantasy.
This is a fucking top tier youtube video holy shit
YEP
What makes you say that?
@@jamesrosewell9081I'd say idea and execution are both stellar
not gonna lie you're making me feel like medieval Europe was a pretty chill place and i never thought i'd wanna time travel there haha
I’m off to London next week, this has been very helpful
underrated comment 😭
You'll need advice for travelling to modern day india for that trip
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Sorry i didn't get that joke, could you dissect that frog?
@@juanignaciolopeztellechea9401 It's just garden variety racism. There are lots of Asian immigrants in London. Not that there aren't shitloads of other immigrants, this person probably just hates brown people.
@@viktordickinson7844 modern day. Iraq 🇮🇶
I tend to visualize myself in the medieval ages often in order to try to get a better understanding of how most humans would have conceptualized their reality and condition of being alive. This video might be the best tool I could have asked for, thanks Premodernist, I will watch more.
Loved that you addressed race and religion, but wish you'd also added something on travelling as a woman. You see, my partner _really_ wants to go visit medieval Europe these holidays, but I'm not so sure it will be as fun for me as it would be for him!
It's mind boggling to me that the thought about every little aspect of life except for what it would it be for a woman.
Yeah, I cancelled my ticket because I am concerned about venerial disease and r*pe over there. I don’t know if I’d have any right to travel or do anything in that era.
@birgitburesch9881 Not really. It is very typical that his does. Also, drug trials are based on men and women die more in car accidents. Because crash test dummies are based on men's bodies.
@@birgitburesch9881 eh, its not that suprising, men typically do not give a shit about women
@@JackieOwl94I think youre all good if youre older. If youre young and going travelling people will think its weird, and you definitely have to be on your guard. A male guardian will be very helpful.
Sir, I'm sorry to tell you this, but we're going to need you to turn this into a series.
I’ve heard the phrase “Lingua Franca” as an international language, but I never knew that it was an actual language at one point. Fascinating.
You mean French? Lol
american education is horrifying
@joebecker5187 Describing it as a pidgin isn't entirely wrong nor entirely correct, but I understand not wanting to get into the weeds as the topic could be a linguistics doctoral thesis on it's own... Google, in fact, tells me it indeed was the topic of a doctoral thesis from a few years ago that is readily available online.
a lingua franca is a bridge language between two groups of speakers who do not speak the same language...Frankish Tongue. It is also properly a medieval language used in the Mediterranean by traders and by the Crusaders. A very close variant is also known as SABIR (Saber)
@@humanharddrive1 how is it horrifying?
Please make this a series! This was so much fun to watch and listen to!
Starting the year off in a history class with something like this would be so good. Engaging and lighthearted way to introduce the topic of a period by drawing comparisons between their time and ours.
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This is such a fun way to teach history, this was so informative!
This video could easily be retitled as "Advice for traveling to a small town in Mexico" lol. Its exactly the same. I remember being a teenager and seeing two tall, blonde, blue eyed Americans visiting my town and everyone was talking to them because we were all so curious about why they were there, where were they from, why they spoke spanish, etc. Moving to the U.S was like time traveling to the future.
Fascinating video!!
Hahahaha I was thinking the exact same thing through the whole video, it would also apply for any small town in Colombia (or any south american country for that matter).
Were they mormons?
Ustedes en México son Americanos también. Se refiere a "estadounidenses", porque los EEUU son UN SOLO país americano entre MUCHOS.
I was stranded in Mexico (long story) when I was fourteen, I am Hispanic but born and raised in America. I know exactly what you mean, they are like 15 years behind on everything. 😂
I live in US and it’s so normalized to be in diverse spaces (race, language, body size+) but i live in city not a small town
The best advice for time traveling to medieval Europe is: DON'T
(Great video, btw! Will definitely share with my students!)
I 100% agree
So glad I didn't offend you, @@premodernist_history ! I do think this format is a smart and entertaining way to share your knowledge - subscribed!
@@EyeLean5280 Not at all! The more I went through the thought experiment in preparation for making the video, the more I thought that an actual trip would not be worth it. Thank you for the kind words!
@@EyeLean5280I'm fascinated by medieval history but as a black man you wouldn't catch me dead in medieval Europe hell i wouldn't even time travel to 1950s america 😂 i know Africans like st Maurice and moors existed but it was so rare in most parts of europe theyd probably think I was burnt or cursed 😂
You could go to the Mali area. Basically the same as western Europe, sorta. You may want to figure out what, uh... tribe your heritage is from, and make sure you won't be chased after or whatever.