@@perfectibility999 i just remembered shad's vid on medieval feasts and i started binging on documentaries on medieval-ancient food, mad that'll be a great place to start
@@Hypastpist Perhaps check out Modern History TV's videos on medieval food. They're excellent and done in the format of a conversation with a very knowledgeable enthusiast.
Michelle is fantastic. I remember fighting against her in the early 2000's when she was still a combatant. She's a very knowledgeable professional that has found a way to utilise her skills in her regular life with her hobby. Her physician set up, talks and displays are great. Cool interview Shad. Can't wait to see the one you did with Rosalie!
Guarantee u that we all believe in some nonsense.. it’s a shame the same thing could be said about u by someone else… as a person well versed in basic knowledge of many things.. as a skeptic i find it important to have basic knowledge in everything u can so it’s harder to fall into views/beliefs and less likely to be scammed.. but even I held some goofy views and still probably do… I’ll be the last to “shame” someone is regards to knowledge and background that helped or hindered it… why I’m saying is .. I detect stone casting.. 😂 I highly doubt ur not harboring silly ass views urself.. we all believe in some trash.. 😂 acceptance is key to learning of ur goofy views that way u can stop it lol.. example it’s a “shame” u like most probably still believe and talk about how the megalodon and great white are related… which is untrue.. turns out great white descendants from the great mako sharks.. stop casting stone fool.. not even religious butt one thing Jesus said I can get behind.. 😂
@@chaosagent_0106 He won't because he's wrong. A 3 second Google search brings up a thoroughly-sourced Science Direct article that confirms exactly what she said, among many other articles saying the same thing
Ya, it's an isomer of the natural compound found in many plants. Where do you think they got the idea from in the first place? Pharma turns to plans and nature for all of its inspiration, then tweaks the molecule to make it patentable. That's about it.
She does talks on historical medicine at every Abbey, at Orange medievl festival, and has been a regular at St Ives a few times. With 30 years re-enacting and studying, and 25 years as a real medical practitioner, she has a deep love of educating people.
Even with the audio quality, this was excellent. And I appreciate the balance between prompting discussion with points and questions but still allowing the interviewee to fill the time. Always bugs me when the interviewer takes too much of the time when we want to hear the person speak!
I agree, the background noise wasn't so bad, and the interview was very informative. In a way I wonder if you could have role played out the Interview between your two characters, then the background noise is simply part of it all.
So interesting to see the rationale and thought behind concepts like the 4 humors even if they’re wrong. It proves that even if medieval people were wrong about a lot of things they certainly weren’t dummies. There’s also so many things they get right but hardly get credit for in the public conscience
@Nicholas Cage And a misunderstanding of the Inquisition and the context of its creation. They never mention that the Inquisition starts right after the Spanish reconquer (Reconquista) their lands from a 700-year occupation by the Muslim Moors. They didn't pick the Jews out of a hat to hate, the Jews were the clerks and the bureaucrats of the Moorish occupiers. How can you trust them? The exploration of the New World, the retaking of Spain from the Moors, and the Inquisition are all intermingled.
@Nicholas Cage The Inquisition bit is also funny considering they were viewed as far more fair and reasonable than secular courts, and condemned very few to death over their long period of existence.
I liked the background noise made it feel like I was there. Glad she made it clear that that was not a glass of urine. Have to imagine that the person that preformed the surgeries on that fellow that had his face half ripped off and survived when finding out he died of an axe to the head was like oh come on I just fixed that.
I LOVE seeing people interviewed on subjects they aren't just knowledgeable in but also passionate, and sadly often not asked to grace us with their knowledge, so seeing people finally in that position and the joy in their faces of getting to share something they're so passionate about is just bloody awesome =) Also despite at first the audio giving me pause VERY quickly you barely notice it, and the background noise is just immersive more than anything else. Thank you Shad and Matthew for taking the time to share this knowledge and information with us, people always underestimate the knowledge and skills, intelligence of our far ancestors , they lived in a world where you were very much responsible for yourself and your families survival, you don't get far being an dependant idiot with no common sense or skill. All the best from the UK! 👍 🙂
The dichotomy that never made sense to me when I was younger was how if “all doctors were butchers with leeches and believed in the 4 humours” then how did all these successful surgeries exist? If cataract surgery exists from then of course some physicians must have been been skilled. Otherwise there wouldn’t have been any because common sense dictates people wouldn’t go to someone if it was 100% guaranteed you’d die. Effectiveness has obviously increased but basis in a treatment historically working and physicians trying their best means some things were known! People have always been people.
in recent history they started to translate medieval medical drugs, one of the recipes had a form of penecillin that worked were modern penecillin failed due to resistences of germs.
Sorry, but as a reenactor myself, I'm itching to tell... The bloodlettings and the 4 humours, among many others, were all knowledges gathered from the Greek and passed on by the Romans, then copied by monks and used by them on farm animals, specially pigs as Galen used them as experiments (www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/medieval/treatises.html). Some farmers would latch on the monks, learn it for general use (human and animal) and then go to war as "field doctors" or "barber surgeons"... Higher ranks in the Church would issue many edicts forbidding monks and freys to pass on such teachings to peasants, half out of zealotry, half to prevent haphazard actions from enthusiasts. However, there were already schools of medicine in medieval Europe, being the most famous the Scuola Salernitana (in Salerno, Italy), that enrolled men and women as researchers and surgeons. However, since these were times before microbiology, interventions were avoided as much as possible and the phisicians concentrated their efforts into prevention - healthy foods, exercise, what to avoid etc. www.godecookery.com/regimen/regimen.htm But NO, phisicians would not *drink* piss. They would *taste* it, as well as smell it and make a visual analysis of it's contents. www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/urine-wheel-and-uroscopy-your-wee-could-tell-medieval-doctor-009744
I had previously suspected that things like honey and vinegar were used as antiseptics in the medieval era because it seemed like common sense but I never had confirmed it until now.
@@robo5013 they also used bronze... which is copper allot. Copper alloys are making comeback in hospitals - as door handles etc. Reason being is that copper destroys bacteria and viruses.
@@victoriazero8869 yes, it actually does destroy them. It essentially makes them explode. Doesn't even need to be pure copper, cupranickel is good enough. However it does need to be clean to be antibacterial as the effect is by surface contact.
@@victoriazero8869 Copper does rust. Same way as aluminum. Surface rusts (which is called patina) and has verdigris color. Here is result of quick search "How does copper affect bacterial growth? Copper is amazing The ions prevent cell respiration, punch holes in the bacterial cell membrane or disrupt the viral coat, and destroy the DNA and RNA inside. This latter property is important as it means that no mutation can occur - preventing the microbe from developing resistance to copper." I don't feel like digging deeper, though I know proper investigation into copper for medical purposes started around a decade or two ago.
It is incredible what people from Ancient Times were able to do with their limited tools and understanding. We think we're so darn smart here in Modern Times with our chemistry and machines and all that, but we wouldn't be here without standing on the shoulders of the generations that came before us. This is *fantastic* content, Shad, I'd love to see more of this. Maybe you could do a longer video with her? She knows so much cool stuff!
Shad is a great interviewer, especially considering the fact that he didn't have a notepad or a great environment for an interview. Great job, and a great video!
I love how genuine she is about her passion of study. I find a lot of the effort she put into the presentation and explanation and I found this a joy to watch.
Don't mind the background noise at all, so please don't refrain from other uploads that came from this event. Actually, quite impressed with the mics. Can hear you guys perfectly, but what they picked up on the background is nuts.
Always great to learn something new from your channel! Also, one thing we can do to to help fight against TH-cam’s preferential treatment of content you’re not interested in, block channels that you don’t want to watch. You can click on the three dots on videos or channels in your recommended page that you don’t want to support, and you can either say “do not recommend” or “block channel”. It’s helped me see videos like shad’s far more often, and I haven’t seen a late night host or celebrity channel in my feed for over a year now.
Absolutely YES!! And the Attack of the Clones one as well. Those are some of the best fighting choreography. Dooku's fencing style would be a great topic of analysis.
I have notifications on, and didn't see this video promoted until my 3rd or 4th visit to youtube today. Curse you youtube for targetting such a good channel
Well trial and error is one of the basis of science, do things and learn from the results and then see how doing what you did slightly different changes the results. Keep the good discard the bad.
Man I never knew medieval people had such education in medicine until now. Thanks for this Shad! I'll now be keeping a closer eye on your uploads! I don't wanna miss these because of youtube mismanagement.
In fact the translated Hildegard von Bingen writings spoke of hot, cold, wet, and dry as elements that create balance and are related to the seasons. also considering the spiritual implications. since twelfth century.
The way they thought the balance of the body worked back then sounds a lot like the logic people would use to describe balance in alchemy before we knew more about chemistry, this was fascinating to listen to.
Every knowledge started at some point experimental and speculative, from Astronomy to Chemistry, Medicine and Physics. We dismiss a lot ancient knowledge, but had to pass there to get where we are, and sometimes what was disregarded was a breakthrough only valued later - as the Roman cement, extremely durable but whose recipe is lost, or Archimedes' "greek fire".
Shad I hardly noticed the background noises because the conversation was so engaging and fascinating. I would love to see more videos like this where you talk to people who are experts and passionate about different aspects of the medieval period.
As someone who's always been interested in the Medieval times and is working on making his own DND world, this kind of thing is both helpful and interesting. Thanks for everything you do with teaching us about the Medieval time.
I'm reading a book on how the Americas weren't just pristine wilderness and now the Native Americans had changed the land almost as much as their European counterparts. My point is, ancient people weren't idiots. They did have logical processes that informed why they did what they did. As much as we can look back on the four humors model and laugh, I'm sure that made sense at the time.
They were probably very much in the permaculture vein with the concept of the Food Forest. Though they probably cleared out everything that wasn’t needed rather than starting one from scratch. There were and are loads of edible, medicinal and even industrial plants around.
Exactly. Even as far back as the stoneage people were just as smart as we are today. Although thinking about it, that's maybe not saying all that much considering there is certainly no shortage of idiots today, lol.
The go to example of "The sun goes round the earth" being a sign of dumb people in the past....... Well until you have the ability to put telescopes up there and get the observations frankly that is what it looks like is happening. I mean Gallileo couldn't prove himself right about it, it took like 50 years or seomthing more for the evidence to be there. Plus 99% of people nowadays cannot actually "prove" it either, we just trust the fancy books that tell us that it does.
We can look on the four humor models and laugh now, but if you question the modern version of the four humors, you are banned from all social media! In fact you may lose your job and have your money taken away from you. In many ways thing have not changed that much since medieval times.
When I spent a few weeks in India in nursing school, nurses would test urine for glucose in the patients’ homes using Benedict’s solution over alcohol burners. Not quite drinking the urine, but still a much less modern approach. They also used turmeric for lots of ailments.
Another video suppressed by TH-cam. Published 18 hours ago, and only 32k views. This sucks. Another banger Shad, and I hope your channel can get back to normal. Edit: 13 hours ago. My goodness.
@@phonepunk7888 It's also fascinating to see how wrong people have been in modern times. For instance, the current obesity epidemic in America can be traced directly to the recommendations of government-issued dietary guidelines and nutritional advice. A program intended to make the population healthier ended up giving nearly the worst possible dietary advice, to disastrous results.
Even as a teenager I used natural medicines/herbs/plants to treat some things. But glad you talked with her and made a video of it. More people in general should learn natural medicine and adapt it with modern medicine/knowledge.
Such a friendly dog. Should have had some bonus footage with the frindly pooch. Something I've always wondered about....what kind of pets did midevil people have? What kind of pets did the common people have?
These are the types of content that I love! I would love to see more experts and enthusiasts talking about medieval history and how people then actually lived.
Amazing video dude, soo crazy to think how surgeries used to be made, that surgery performed on that English king that got a arrow lodged in his skull is chilling.
A well thought out and filmed video with accurate, reviewed, and informative content, with a humble host and an enthusiastic and generous guest; what a rarity in modern media. As always, thank you, Shad, for your effort and zeal in historical content.
The 'Abbey Medieval Festival' (in Brisbane Australia where this is filmed) is Massive, lots to see and try out for yourself :) sooo many people in period costume and many in "Fantasy" garb too, a very welcoming environment. The Jousting Tournament is definately a highlight. hopefully you get the chance to go to it or something like it near you, lots of Fun :)
What I always find infinitely fascinating about the REAL medieval period which shad brings to light is just how well the people of this time had their stuff together. I hope the truth presented by shad and other historians slowly drowns out pop culture misconceptions Thank you so much for making these changes, shad, the world is a better place because videos like these!
12-13 Century. Whatever else the opinion on the intellect or intelligence of the people of those times one thing is clear. Good health was important and rare, much like it is today. Trying to find help and reliable solutions is another thing we have in common with our ancestors. Humankind hasn’t changed that much. Not sure that’s a good thing however. Excellent video, thank you for sharing! Stay safe, stay healthy. ❤️
Super helpful. Most of my books are based in a medieval time-set and medicine is one of those things I am currently studying. The sound was actually fine. (oh, after complaining that they had hidden you, I have been getting your videos recommended again. So grateful)
Not if you swallow the misconception about willow and aspirin. The essential chemical in aspirin is a fully synthetic isomer eg. not occurring outside a modern chemical lab. The naturally occurring isomer found in willow etc. has no effect on pain or fevers. The only way willow ever helped with a headache or fever was to reduce dehydration and be more potable because it was boiled.
Wow, the amount of information and history that I have seen in this video is better than what I have seen in this platform, and the noise in the background brought me back to the OG days of TH-cam, please keep it up. Kudos 👏🏽
Quick point on notifications: if you can, bookmark your Subscriptions page rather than TH-cam's Home page. From as far as I can tell, that's the last place on the site that isn't completely curated by the algorithm.
Hey Shad, I'm going to listen later but wanted to let you know that this video appeared on my feed. i recently looked you up to see why I hadn't seen one of your videos in some time and caught your explanation of what was happening. that was a day or two ago
Dunno why but this is the first time I've had a new video of yours in my recommends in probably a year or so. Interestingly enough all of the other videos of yours that are in the recoms as I type this are 1-3 years old. Nothing newer... EDIT: Also: I love these kinds of videos. Talking with people who are passionate for some topic you can find barely anything anywhere because its quite obscure. Maybe you could invite her for a longer conversation where you can both geek out.
Interesting topic. Always nice to have some variations. The background noise was fine. Everything was perfectly understandable, and this is all that counts. Can't expect much more on a festival. This wasn't recorded in a studio. 👍
I love seeing interviews like this. Seeing someone who is knowledgeable and passionate about what they're researching is always a delight. It makes learning about the topic fun.
Guys just leave comments to help out Shad! Great content cannot be overlooked and just assumed it will be there forever. Each do your part to keep these great TH-cam content producers alive and making good stuff!
This was amazing. I haven't done a lot of research on medieval medicine but I had thought that there were more misconceptions and deaths when getting care.
I've always had a fascination with early medical science and therapy, and I really enjoyed watching this video. I'd love to see more videos like this covering this subject, if it ever comes up again.
Very cool! Definitely do another episode about the medieval medicine as I feel it’s a topic no one knows (even those passionate about history) know much about!
i genuinely am fascinated by stuff like this. There are people who have so much passion for stuff like this, god knows how many hours of research it would have taken for her to get the necessary information to do this accurately. But not only that, there are so many people who do this, that an entire renaissance fair can be made. Where I live, such a concept would be considered absolutely absurd, a waste of time, but I can learn so much through these people. there is so much about stuff I wouldn't know I have an interest in without these kinds of videos. they are interesting, educative and above all, entertaining to watch. I genuinely wish more people would see this kind of content, I absolutely love the idea of just taking up a hobby and doing it, just for the sake of it, because it's fun. Writing does that for me more than anything else, but it is absolutely fascinating to see and hear about other people's passions. It genuinely amazes me the amount of information and knowledge someone who is passionate about a topic can give compared to someone who does it only as a job. It's like I've entered a new world every time I discover a channel like this. love the videos, keep it up! Hope youtube stops misvehaving with your channels so that you can do better, it would be a genuine shame if you had to stop.
I would check to see if you are as isolated from history nuts as you think. Its amazing how many of us are hiding out in our own little areas and don't know where each other are. I find them in the strangest places, and in the normal locations. (Museums, historical sites etc)
Really great, interesting video as always :) I'm not a hugely avid follower on your channel but I do pop back over for a binge every so often. Commenting to do my bit for the algorithm
I have a lot of respect for medieval healthcare workers. As a modern healthcare professional, I can't imagine how hard it must have been for them back in the day due to how much knowledge and equipment they didn't have access to at the time that I nowadays take for granted.
This was a very interesting video. You did a great job suppressing the noise, it was barley an issue. I'd love to see more interviews like this if you are able to record them!
shad you should do more interviews of these medieval enthusiasts more often, their passion is incredibly refreshing
Absolutely agree. There are enthusiasts out there who are a wealth of knowledge and are eager to share it.
@@perfectibility999 i just remembered shad's vid on medieval feasts and i started binging on documentaries on medieval-ancient food, mad that'll be a great place to start
@@Hypastpist Perhaps check out Modern History TV's videos on medieval food. They're excellent and done in the format of a conversation with a very knowledgeable enthusiast.
Michelle is fantastic. I remember fighting against her in the early 2000's when she was still a combatant. She's a very knowledgeable professional that has found a way to utilise her skills in her regular life with her hobby. Her physician set up, talks and displays are great. Cool interview Shad. Can't wait to see the one you did with Rosalie!
She looks so happy to be interviewed on a subject she clearly has a lot of passion for, that smile is as wide as can be
Shame she has no clue aspirin is a fully synthetic isomer and continues to spread the garbage about willow and similar plants.
@@baconghoti can you expand on that?
Guarantee u that we all believe in some nonsense.. it’s a shame the same thing could be said about u by someone else… as a person well versed in basic knowledge of many things.. as a skeptic i find it important to have basic knowledge in everything u can so it’s harder to fall into views/beliefs and less likely to be scammed.. but even I held some goofy views and still probably do… I’ll be the last to “shame” someone is regards to knowledge and background that helped or hindered it… why I’m saying is .. I detect stone casting.. 😂 I highly doubt ur not harboring silly ass views urself.. we all believe in some trash.. 😂 acceptance is key to learning of ur goofy views that way u can stop it lol.. example it’s a “shame” u like most probably still believe and talk about how the megalodon and great white are related… which is untrue.. turns out great white descendants from the great mako sharks.. stop casting stone fool.. not even religious butt one thing Jesus said I can get behind.. 😂
@@chaosagent_0106 He won't because he's wrong. A 3 second Google search brings up a thoroughly-sourced Science Direct article that confirms exactly what she said, among many other articles saying the same thing
Ya, it's an isomer of the natural compound found in many plants. Where do you think they got the idea from in the first place?
Pharma turns to plans and nature for all of its inspiration, then tweaks the molecule to make it patentable. That's about it.
This lady is a gem, I hope she passes on what she's learned.
with the impending collapse of civilisation old school herbalism could be about to be very valuable.
She does talks on historical medicine at every Abbey, at Orange medievl festival, and has been a regular at St Ives a few times.
With 30 years re-enacting and studying, and 25 years as a real medical practitioner, she has a deep love of educating people.
Even with the audio quality, this was excellent. And I appreciate the balance between prompting discussion with points and questions but still allowing the interviewee to fill the time. Always bugs me when the interviewer takes too much of the time when we want to hear the person speak!
I agree, the background noise wasn't so bad, and the interview was very informative. In a way I wonder if you could have role played out the Interview between your two characters, then the background noise is simply part of it all.
So interesting to see the rationale and thought behind concepts like the 4 humors even if they’re wrong. It proves that even if medieval people were wrong about a lot of things they certainly weren’t dummies.
There’s also so many things they get right but hardly get credit for in the public conscience
@Nicholas Cage And a misunderstanding of the Inquisition and the context of its creation. They never mention that the Inquisition starts right after the Spanish reconquer (Reconquista) their lands from a 700-year occupation by the Muslim Moors. They didn't pick the Jews out of a hat to hate, the Jews were the clerks and the bureaucrats of the Moorish occupiers. How can you trust them?
The exploration of the New World, the retaking of Spain from the Moors, and the Inquisition are all intermingled.
many things came from ancient culture like the greek and roman culture.
@Nicholas Cage The Inquisition bit is also funny considering they were viewed as far more fair and reasonable than secular courts, and condemned very few to death over their long period of existence.
The background sounds aren't that distracting, it kinda offer more naturality to the video.
Great content, as always!
I heard the dog whimpering. Shad didn't pay the pupper tax and show us!
@@morganseppy5180 I heard the dog too. and in one part you see the little guy. at 4:32 you can see Doggo behind Shad.
He did a really good job with the sound editing.
@@shawn6860 wow, good catch.
immersive lo fi renaissance festival beats to study/relax to
I liked the background noise made it feel like I was there. Glad she made it clear that that was not a glass of urine. Have to imagine that the person that preformed the surgeries on that fellow that had his face half ripped off and survived when finding out he died of an axe to the head was like oh come on I just fixed that.
I LOVE seeing people interviewed on subjects they aren't just knowledgeable in but also passionate, and sadly often not asked to grace us with their knowledge, so seeing people finally in that position and the joy in their faces of getting to share something they're so passionate about is just bloody awesome =)
Also despite at first the audio giving me pause VERY quickly you barely notice it, and the background noise is just immersive more than anything else.
Thank you Shad and Matthew for taking the time to share this knowledge and information with us, people always underestimate the knowledge and skills, intelligence of our far ancestors , they lived in a world where you were very much responsible for yourself and your families survival, you don't get far being an dependant idiot with no common sense or skill.
All the best from the UK! 👍 🙂
The dichotomy that never made sense to me when I was younger was how if “all doctors were butchers with leeches and believed in the 4 humours” then how did all these successful surgeries exist? If cataract surgery exists from then of course some physicians must have been been skilled. Otherwise there wouldn’t have been any because common sense dictates people wouldn’t go to someone if it was 100% guaranteed you’d die. Effectiveness has obviously increased but basis in a treatment historically working and physicians trying their best means some things were known! People have always been people.
in recent history they started to translate medieval medical drugs, one of the recipes had a form of penecillin that worked were modern penecillin failed due to resistences of germs.
Sorry, but as a reenactor myself, I'm itching to tell...
The bloodlettings and the 4 humours, among many others, were all knowledges gathered from the Greek and passed on by the Romans, then copied by monks and used by them on farm animals, specially pigs as Galen used them as experiments (www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/medieval/treatises.html). Some farmers would latch on the monks, learn it for general use (human and animal) and then go to war as "field doctors" or "barber surgeons"... Higher ranks in the Church would issue many edicts forbidding monks and freys to pass on such teachings to peasants, half out of zealotry, half to prevent haphazard actions from enthusiasts.
However, there were already schools of medicine in medieval Europe, being the most famous the Scuola Salernitana (in Salerno, Italy), that enrolled men and women as researchers and surgeons. However, since these were times before microbiology, interventions were avoided as much as possible and the phisicians concentrated their efforts into prevention - healthy foods, exercise, what to avoid etc. www.godecookery.com/regimen/regimen.htm
But NO, phisicians would not *drink* piss. They would *taste* it, as well as smell it and make a visual analysis of it's contents. www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/urine-wheel-and-uroscopy-your-wee-could-tell-medieval-doctor-009744
@@karinefonte516 Thank you for all this insight!!
It´s just Victorian revisionism. They were trying to retroactively justify the industrial revolution.
Also bloodletting was an actual good practice in moderation, which only became excessive in the late 18th century.
I had previously suspected that things like honey and vinegar were used as antiseptics in the medieval era because it seemed like common sense but I never had confirmed it until now.
So is pine wood, hence the prevalence as butcher blocks and kitchen tables. Not just because it's a "cheaperx wood.
the ancient egyptians used honey thousands of years before the middle ages
@@robo5013 they also used bronze... which is copper allot. Copper alloys are making comeback in hospitals - as door handles etc. Reason being is that copper destroys bacteria and viruses.
@@victoriazero8869 yes, it actually does destroy them. It essentially makes them explode. Doesn't even need to be pure copper, cupranickel is good enough. However it does need to be clean to be antibacterial as the effect is by surface contact.
@@victoriazero8869 Copper does rust. Same way as aluminum. Surface rusts (which is called patina) and has verdigris color.
Here is result of quick search "How does copper affect bacterial growth?
Copper is amazing
The ions prevent cell respiration, punch holes in the bacterial cell membrane or disrupt the viral coat, and destroy the DNA and RNA inside. This latter property is important as it means that no mutation can occur - preventing the microbe from developing resistance to copper."
I don't feel like digging deeper, though I know proper investigation into copper for medical purposes started around a decade or two ago.
It is incredible what people from Ancient Times were able to do with their limited tools and understanding. We think we're so darn smart here in Modern Times with our chemistry and machines and all that, but we wouldn't be here without standing on the shoulders of the generations that came before us.
This is *fantastic* content, Shad, I'd love to see more of this. Maybe you could do a longer video with her? She knows so much cool stuff!
A deviation from the norm, but a super interesting deviation. I liked the impromptu style of it all.
So glad TH-cam deemed a video from a man I am subscribed to to be worthy of my watch
Shad is a great interviewer, especially considering the fact that he didn't have a notepad or a great environment for an interview. Great job, and a great video!
Probably thanks to his immense interest and passion towards all things medieval!
I love how genuine she is about her passion of study. I find a lot of the effort she put into the presentation and explanation and I found this a joy to watch.
Don't mind the background noise at all, so please don't refrain from other uploads that came from this event.
Actually, quite impressed with the mics. Can hear you guys perfectly, but what they picked up on the background is nuts.
Always great to learn something new from your channel!
Also, one thing we can do to to help fight against TH-cam’s preferential treatment of content you’re not interested in, block channels that you don’t want to watch. You can click on the three dots on videos or channels in your recommended page that you don’t want to support, and you can either say “do not recommend” or “block channel”. It’s helped me see videos like shad’s far more often, and I haven’t seen a late night host or celebrity channel in my feed for over a year now.
Shad! You should do a fight analysis of Anakin and Obi-Wan vs Dooku in Revenge of the Sith!
Absolutely YES!! And the Attack of the Clones one as well. Those are some of the best fighting choreography. Dooku's fencing style would be a great topic of analysis.
YES!!
Every Prequel fight!!!!
I would love to get this comment to the top.
@@Estalarki And what about the clonwwars series?
especially the fight with Pong Krell!! 2 double lightsabers
I have notifications on, and didn't see this video promoted until my 3rd or 4th visit to youtube today. Curse you youtube for targetting such a good channel
It's always impressive how much trial and error it took to get us to where we are now
#beatthealgorithm
Well trial and error is one of the basis of science, do things and learn from the results and then see how doing what you did slightly different changes the results. Keep the good discard the bad.
Man I never knew medieval people had such education in medicine until now. Thanks for this Shad! I'll now be keeping a closer eye on your uploads! I don't wanna miss these because of youtube mismanagement.
Well the Spanish were surprisingly advanced because of their contact with the Arab world
Love the dedication to the character and storytelling of the re-inactor.
Absolute on point and very interesting
In fact the translated Hildegard von Bingen writings spoke of hot, cold, wet, and dry as elements that create balance and are related to the seasons. also considering the spiritual implications. since twelfth century.
The way they thought the balance of the body worked back then sounds a lot like the logic people would use to describe balance in alchemy before we knew more about chemistry, this was fascinating to listen to.
Every knowledge started at some point experimental and speculative, from Astronomy to Chemistry, Medicine and Physics. We dismiss a lot ancient knowledge, but had to pass there to get where we are, and sometimes what was disregarded was a breakthrough only valued later - as the Roman cement, extremely durable but whose recipe is lost, or Archimedes' "greek fire".
Shad I hardly noticed the background noises because the conversation was so engaging and fascinating. I would love to see more videos like this where you talk to people who are experts and passionate about different aspects of the medieval period.
Loving the Fanfare for the Common Man in the background there at the beginning. Beautiful.
You can tell this women really loves what she does glad you took the time to interview with her.
I’m a simple man, i see shad uploads, i watch and like shads video.
As someone who's always been interested in the Medieval times and is working on making his own DND world, this kind of thing is both helpful and interesting. Thanks for everything you do with teaching us about the Medieval time.
I'm reading a book on how the Americas weren't just pristine wilderness and now the Native Americans had changed the land almost as much as their European counterparts. My point is, ancient people weren't idiots. They did have logical processes that informed why they did what they did. As much as we can look back on the four humors model and laugh, I'm sure that made sense at the time.
*i mean you can only do so much with leeches before the novelty wears off*
They were probably very much in the permaculture vein with the concept of the Food Forest. Though they probably cleared out everything that wasn’t needed rather than starting one from scratch. There were and are loads of edible, medicinal and even industrial plants around.
Exactly. Even as far back as the stoneage people were just as smart as we are today. Although thinking about it, that's maybe not saying all that much considering there is certainly no shortage of idiots today, lol.
The go to example of "The sun goes round the earth" being a sign of dumb people in the past.......
Well until you have the ability to put telescopes up there and get the observations frankly that is what it looks like is happening. I mean Gallileo couldn't prove himself right about it, it took like 50 years or seomthing more for the evidence to be there. Plus 99% of people nowadays cannot actually "prove" it either, we just trust the fancy books that tell us that it does.
We can look on the four humor models and laugh now, but if you question the modern version of the four humors, you are banned from all social media! In fact you may lose your job and have your money taken away from you. In many ways thing have not changed that much since medieval times.
When I spent a few weeks in India in nursing school, nurses would test urine for glucose in the patients’ homes using Benedict’s solution over alcohol burners. Not quite drinking the urine, but still a much less modern approach. They also used turmeric for lots of ailments.
I gargled turmuric water when i had covid. Its an antivirotic.
This stuff fascinates me. I've collected a number of old herbals and I've got nothing like she's got there. I love this!
Medicine has always been a huge interest of mine, and medieval history is the same, thank you for sharing this interview!
This is really cool Shad, I hope there’s more of this coming
Yes indeed there is ^_^
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Proof that interesting quality content is vastly more important than polished audio visual
I love that as soon as the video starts, fanfare for the common man plays.
Another video suppressed by TH-cam. Published 18 hours ago, and only 32k views. This sucks. Another banger Shad, and I hope your channel can get back to normal.
Edit: 13 hours ago. My goodness.
Medical history very interesting, literally the difference between life and death
Fascinating to see just how wrong they have been in the past. For instance doctors recommending the drinking of mercury.
@@phonepunk7888 It's also fascinating to see how wrong people have been in modern times. For instance, the current obesity epidemic in America can be traced directly to the recommendations of government-issued dietary guidelines and nutritional advice. A program intended to make the population healthier ended up giving nearly the worst possible dietary advice, to disastrous results.
Even as a teenager I used natural medicines/herbs/plants to treat some things. But glad you talked with her and made a video of it. More people in general should learn natural medicine and adapt it with modern medicine/knowledge.
thats the most Shadiversity thing ive ever seen "sorry for the noise its just KNIGHTS IN BATTLE"
Such a friendly dog. Should have had some bonus footage with the frindly pooch. Something I've always wondered about....what kind of pets did midevil people have? What kind of pets did the common people have?
I hear dog breeding started even before the middle ages!
So probably cats and dogs. . . Maybe some birds and stuff. . . Now I'm curious, too!
These are the types of content that I love! I would love to see more experts and enthusiasts talking about medieval history and how people then actually lived.
Have you seen Secrets of the Castle? Or anything from the Absolute History range on TH-cam.
Don't forget History Squad. He does things beyond just medieval, but does a ton of it with his son.
Amazing video dude, soo crazy to think how surgeries used to be made, that surgery performed on that English king that got a arrow lodged in his skull is chilling.
I leave this Like and Comment in hopes that the TH-cam Overlords will grace Shad's channel with blessings.
A well thought out and filmed video with accurate, reviewed, and informative content, with a humble host and an enthusiastic and generous guest; what a rarity in modern media. As always, thank you, Shad, for your effort and zeal in historical content.
I've never been to a renaissance fair, so this was so fascinating and informative! Would love to see more content like this 💜
The 'Abbey Medieval Festival' (in Brisbane Australia where this is filmed) is Massive, lots to see and try out for yourself :) sooo many people in period costume and many in "Fantasy" garb too, a very welcoming environment. The Jousting Tournament is definately a highlight. hopefully you get the chance to go to it or something like it near you, lots of Fun :)
Field trip with Shad...Sweet!
What I always find infinitely fascinating about the REAL medieval period which shad brings to light is just how well the people of this time had their stuff together. I hope the truth presented by shad and other historians slowly drowns out pop culture misconceptions
Thank you so much for making these changes, shad, the world is a better place because videos like these!
Let make a start by dispelling the willow one, heh?
Such great information! Glad you decided to keep this video!
Doing my part for the algorithm! Thank you for all you do, Shad. I'm sorry you've been struggling lately.
12-13 Century. Whatever else the opinion on the intellect or intelligence of the people of those times one thing is clear. Good health was important and rare, much like it is today. Trying to find help and reliable solutions is another thing we have in common with our ancestors. Humankind hasn’t changed that much. Not sure that’s a good thing however. Excellent video, thank you for sharing! Stay safe, stay healthy. ❤️
Excellent and informative content! Inside I'm smiling....and screaming out "MACHICOLATIONS"
We literally just covered this in our history lesson really interesting to hear it from a different source loving it
Super helpful. Most of my books are based in a medieval time-set and medicine is one of those things I am currently studying. The sound was actually fine. (oh, after complaining that they had hidden you, I have been getting your videos recommended again. So grateful)
Not if you swallow the misconception about willow and aspirin. The essential chemical in aspirin is a fully synthetic isomer eg. not occurring outside a modern chemical lab. The naturally occurring isomer found in willow etc. has no effect on pain or fevers. The only way willow ever helped with a headache or fever was to reduce dehydration and be more potable because it was boiled.
Audio does not seem as bad as mentioned at the start. A good lecture is good even when distracted
Wow, the amount of information and history that I have seen in this video is better than what I have seen in this platform, and the noise in the background brought me back to the OG days of TH-cam, please keep it up.
Kudos 👏🏽
What a lovely Lady. Really nice video and interesting topic.
This will make a fine addition to my GMing ability to describe more realistic medieval world.
As a GM also consider how healing magic would intersect with these. They might be much better at fighting infection.
Throwing you a like and comment to help the algorithm hopfully. Keep up the great content Shad
This Festival was Fantastic!!!, I was so glad to get the chance to attend this year (and meeting Shad was Great Too:)
I love this type of content Shad!
....she's just as happy as you are to be in the ye Olde gear as you! Real meeting of the knight and the wise woman in the village!
Love medieval misconception s. The people are with you ❤️
She seemed really happy to share her knowledge.
Quick point on notifications: if you can, bookmark your Subscriptions page rather than TH-cam's Home page. From as far as I can tell, that's the last place on the site that isn't completely curated by the algorithm.
Leaving a like and a comment for that algorithm. Keep making great content Shad, we are all with you!
Excellent stuff, nice to see interviews like this. Should make it a more regular instalment, interviews like this.
Just gotta work on the microphone.
I’m a simple man, I see a Shadiversity video and I click on it.
Yes
Hey Shad, I'm going to listen later but wanted to let you know that this video appeared on my feed. i recently looked you up to see why I hadn't seen one of your videos in some time and caught your explanation of what was happening. that was a day or two ago
Shad is back on the horse! Never give up. We love you!
Dunno why but this is the first time I've had a new video of yours in my recommends in probably a year or so. Interestingly enough all of the other videos of yours that are in the recoms as I type this are 1-3 years old. Nothing newer...
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Also: I love these kinds of videos. Talking with people who are passionate for some topic you can find barely anything anywhere because its quite obscure. Maybe you could invite her for a longer conversation where you can both geek out.
Thanks for more medieval knowledge Shad!
“Matthew” is very knowledgeable in Medieval medicines.
I love these Medieval Faire interviews you do on occasion, sir. Well done, as always.
Interesting topic. Always nice to have some variations.
The background noise was fine. Everything was perfectly understandable, and this is all that counts. Can't expect much more on a festival. This wasn't recorded in a studio.
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I love seeing interviews like this. Seeing someone who is knowledgeable and passionate about what they're researching is always a delight. It makes learning about the topic fun.
Great interview. Thanks so much for sharing it with everyone.
Guys just leave comments to help out Shad! Great content cannot be overlooked and just assumed it will be there forever. Each do your part to keep these great TH-cam content producers alive and making good stuff!
Whaaaaaaaaat~ Comments?!
Makes sense.
Awesome interview Shad! Getting pumped for my local Ren faire 😁
Loved this video. Thank you.
If TH-cam won’t tell me when you’re posting, my email will. We’re gonna support ya Shad!
Love ya Shad, Thanks for all the wonderful content you create for us brother.
This was amazing. I haven't done a lot of research on medieval medicine but I had thought that there were more misconceptions and deaths when getting care.
I've always had a fascination with early medical science and therapy, and I really enjoyed watching this video. I'd love to see more videos like this covering this subject, if it ever comes up again.
Is there going to be a general video about the faire? That would be sweet to watch! 👍
Yep ^_^
Whoo!
Very cool! Definitely do another episode about the medieval medicine as I feel it’s a topic no one knows (even those passionate about history) know much about!
i genuinely am fascinated by stuff like this. There are people who have so much passion for stuff like this, god knows how many hours of research it would have taken for her to get the necessary information to do this accurately.
But not only that, there are so many people who do this, that an entire renaissance fair can be made. Where I live, such a concept would be considered absolutely absurd, a waste of time, but I can learn so much through these people.
there is so much about stuff I wouldn't know I have an interest in without these kinds of videos. they are interesting, educative and above all, entertaining to watch. I genuinely wish more people would see this kind of content, I absolutely love the idea of just taking up a hobby and doing it, just for the sake of it, because it's fun.
Writing does that for me more than anything else, but it is absolutely fascinating to see and hear about other people's passions. It genuinely amazes me the amount of information and knowledge someone who is passionate about a topic can give compared to someone who does it only as a job. It's like I've entered a new world every time I discover a channel like this.
love the videos, keep it up!
Hope youtube stops misvehaving with your channels so that you can do better, it would be a genuine shame if you had to stop.
I would check to see if you are as isolated from history nuts as you think. Its amazing how many of us are hiding out in our own little areas and don't know where each other are. I find them in the strangest places, and in the normal locations. (Museums, historical sites etc)
Loved the interview style of the video! Also you did a great job with the audio!
I'm glad that we get this kind of education
Very interesting and informative. Great content indeed.
Going to a fair this weekend. The background noise reminding me I oughta bring ear plugs!
Thanks Shad!
That was really interesting. She was great at teaching it too
The noise is fine. Video is great! Very informative :)
Really cool to learn about this medicine!
Really great, interesting video as always :)
I'm not a hugely avid follower on your channel but I do pop back over for a binge every so often. Commenting to do my bit for the algorithm
I have a lot of respect for medieval healthcare workers. As a modern healthcare professional, I can't imagine how hard it must have been for them back in the day due to how much knowledge and equipment they didn't have access to at the time that I nowadays take for granted.
This was a very interesting video. You did a great job suppressing the noise, it was barley an issue.
I'd love to see more interviews like this if you are able to record them!
The background noise isn't much of a problem. I often listen your stuff while tending my cows, so I'm used to worse. Keep being awesome, Ser Shad
Incredibly interesting video Shad, despite the background audio the information was communicated really well
Fantastic video! :)
Very nice video, finally got a notification for this one and it was also in my recommended!