Really liked the new structure of the video where you break it down into different talking points! Looking forward to the Hanseatic league military episode
This was great! I've been looking at London things lately, as you know, and just did a lot of reading on marriage laws so I found the Hanseatic regulations super interesting! It sounds like they might've also had the issues with clandestine marriages that England and France had.
I think that clandestine marriages is another phenomena all together, when faced from the perspective of how people were able to be married and oaths. As this did not require ceremony, just betrothal this was an issue for social cohesion, especially when cohabitation and marriage promise was made only to have people leave, resulting in abandoned women and sometimes children, damaging their reputations.
Yes it is, we are on a bit of a hiatus at the moment, we moved house and have been unpacking and setting up the new studio and renovating so things have been taking longer than we would have liked. Hope to be back at it soon however.
I like the format, but think it might be even better if you said the word that each part is about out loud, such as "Part One: Education" Very small change, but I often am listening while doing something like sewing or working on my belt, etc. etc. :) Thanks for the great content!
Marriage generally was a business transaction. Thus, secret polygamy would be considered dangerous double-dealing. Clan networks are interesting things, the way they grow strong as a unit, until they eventually get so large they split or turn on themselves. Your strength can quickly become your weakness. This makes me wonder, do we know how many families dominated the Hanseatic League?
Marriage was often a business transaction for many among the aristocracy or the urban elites, but at the same time divorce, de-facto cohabitation and secondary partners existed. I think the interesting thing regarding those laws surrounding marriage is that it was an attempt to regulate unfair market manipulation. There is some evidence that a few families were able to build quite powerful networks.
@@PopulaUrbanum Precisely. They weren't concerned if you have a mistress or visit the brothel, but were afraid you were doubling up on mercantile alliances. The politics of polygamous structures are fairly interesting for that reason, where how the king ranks his wives is watched closely by their noble families. Ever plan to cover specific families or such, in a future video?
@@vanivanov9571 The way in which marriage changed during the medieval period is facinating, the "unregulated" nature of marriage was a huge cause of concern to many how it impacted peoples fama. I had not considered doing any coverage on specific families at this stage, since I like to keep things more general. But that might change in the future.
@@PopulaUrbanum Indeed, a loosely-defined alliance has far less respect. That's fair, the general trends and big picture are more useful to learn. If you ever find good data for a case-study, it could make a great deep-dive video to supplement these excellent overviews. Hope you're doing well.
The most underrated medieval themed channel on TH-cam continues putting out amazing stuff. Cheers from Latvia!
Thank you, I hope everything is going okay in Latvia, hope to visit one day
Really liked the new structure of the video where you break it down into different talking points! Looking forward to the Hanseatic league military episode
Thanks, I think it needs some tweaking but having the talking points will make it easier for people to jump to information they might find relevant.
@@PopulaUrbanum it’s been over a year now, when is it coming out?
I love this series and your channel and can’t wait for more!
The format is great, thank you for the video! This is really helpful in world building
Great to hear that its helpful in world building are you writing a book or is this for an RPG?
I was always really interested in the Hanseatic League, thank you for making this video!
You're welcome , I'm glad you enjoyed it.
This is really interesting, and important to consider when building our medieval impressions
Yes very much so, understanding events in history should inform the way we create our impressions.
This was great! I've been looking at London things lately, as you know, and just did a lot of reading on marriage laws so I found the Hanseatic regulations super interesting! It sounds like they might've also had the issues with clandestine marriages that England and France had.
I think that clandestine marriages is another phenomena all together, when faced from the perspective of how people were able to be married and oaths. As this did not require ceremony, just betrothal this was an issue for social cohesion, especially when cohabitation and marriage promise was made only to have people leave, resulting in abandoned women and sometimes children, damaging their reputations.
Nice video really interesting.
Glad you enjoyed it
This and the previous video on the topic were very insightful. Is part 3 still going to happen?
Yes it is, we are on a bit of a hiatus at the moment, we moved house and have been unpacking and setting up the new studio and renovating so things have been taking longer than we would have liked. Hope to be back at it soon however.
I like the format, but think it might be even better if you said the word that each part is about out loud, such as "Part One: Education" Very small change, but I often am listening while doing something like sewing or working on my belt, etc. etc. :) Thanks for the great content!
Marriage generally was a business transaction. Thus, secret polygamy would be considered dangerous double-dealing. Clan networks are interesting things, the way they grow strong as a unit, until they eventually get so large they split or turn on themselves. Your strength can quickly become your weakness.
This makes me wonder, do we know how many families dominated the Hanseatic League?
Marriage was often a business transaction for many among the aristocracy or the urban elites, but at the same time divorce, de-facto cohabitation and secondary partners existed. I think the interesting thing regarding those laws surrounding marriage is that it was an attempt to regulate unfair market manipulation.
There is some evidence that a few families were able to build quite powerful networks.
@@PopulaUrbanum Precisely. They weren't concerned if you have a mistress or visit the brothel, but were afraid you were doubling up on mercantile alliances. The politics of polygamous structures are fairly interesting for that reason, where how the king ranks his wives is watched closely by their noble families.
Ever plan to cover specific families or such, in a future video?
@@vanivanov9571 The way in which marriage changed during the medieval period is facinating, the "unregulated" nature of marriage was a huge cause of concern to many how it impacted peoples fama.
I had not considered doing any coverage on specific families at this stage, since I like to keep things more general. But that might change in the future.
@@PopulaUrbanum Indeed, a loosely-defined alliance has far less respect.
That's fair, the general trends and big picture are more useful to learn. If you ever find good data for a case-study, it could make a great deep-dive video to supplement these excellent overviews.
Hope you're doing well.