10 Ludicrous Laws from the Middle Ages That We Still Break Today

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  • @shinnam
    @shinnam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +799

    The abstinence during lent, meant babies wouldn't be born durning winter, makes sense when food was scarce.

    • @struck1999
      @struck1999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Also lentils were named after lent due to their shape and size!

    • @7792pnaurfr
      @7792pnaurfr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@struck1999 what? They were named after the lens, not lent. Why is the shape and size lent?

    • @Kusari313
      @Kusari313 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You learn something new everyday. Thank yu

    • @TheVagabond2828
      @TheVagabond2828 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      also babies would not survive the cold

    • @struck1999
      @struck1999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@TheVagabond2828 the lentils couldn’t survive the cold either

  • @Thescienceguy-a
    @Thescienceguy-a 2 ปีที่แล้ว +360

    The fact that this type of content which is not even avalable on netflix is available for free is really astonishing. Keep up the good work 👍

    • @Davidsavage8008
      @Davidsavage8008 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Totaly.

    • @randymarsh5088
      @randymarsh5088 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      TH-cam>Netflix

    • @marvigli993
      @marvigli993 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      there is lots of great books about Middle Age. 'The vane of Middle Age' by J. Huizinga is great.

    • @JohnC19902
      @JohnC19902 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Throw in 15 minutes of commercials and this would have been television 20 years ago.

    • @reydo17
      @reydo17 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hate the ads tho

  • @zandernewson9933
    @zandernewson9933 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Did you also know that in order to improve their archery skills, many wins and pubs offered target for those to practice archery. When that became a bit dangerous, they suggested throwing arrows. The arrows got smaller, and we got a game of darts.

  • @leslietarkin
    @leslietarkin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +340

    "Fear will keep the local systems in line" or in this case, the peasants. Fear has been used by governments & religious leaders to keep people down even since the dawn of human-kind. Also, thank goodness for trial by jury. Great video.

    • @NaNa-j7b2q
      @NaNa-j7b2q 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Ya they fear you NOT respect you!

    • @WindFireAllThatKindOfThing
      @WindFireAllThatKindOfThing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It's almost like some figured out that human beings behave like animals when and wherever possible

    • @NaNa-j7b2q
      @NaNa-j7b2q 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing umm im going to have to just disagree with you..just the part u insulting poor animals..actually if anything were the barbarians n act NOTHING of animals...only cuz animals have to do n behave like they do to survive ect..unlike man who can get up n get a job ect..n not hang ppl cuz there mad n think the neighbors next door must be a witch cuz today there cow dropped dead..you pickin up what im layin down?!mans just pure cruel n evil..animals/critters...survival...its hard being an animal!man can adapt to any situation animals unfortunately got the short end of the stick!lol

    • @NaNa-j7b2q
      @NaNa-j7b2q 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @DrumWild well said a flippin men!

    • @MrRareshG
      @MrRareshG 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You really believe that trial by jury is a good system ?

  • @Fuilleverte
    @Fuilleverte 2 ปีที่แล้ว +216

    Along with the shoes. The sleeves of men's shirts kept getting longer and more ornate. A law was passed at about the same time as the Shoe Law mentioned limiting the amount of material in the sleeves based on Rank. The highest level was allowed to have 9 yards of fabric. Hence the statement "The Whole Nine Yard"

    • @jumpingjacks5558
      @jumpingjacks5558 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That is interesting

    • @Fuilleverte
      @Fuilleverte 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@jumpingjacks5558 I learned that from a speech on costuming at the Bristol Renaissance Faire in Wisconsin USA

    • @mikefranklin1253
      @mikefranklin1253 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      "The Whole 9 Yards" refers to the lenght of a belt of machine gun rounds in an combat aircraft in WWII. the original phase was "Give Them The Whole 9 Yards".

    • @Fuilleverte
      @Fuilleverte 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@mikefranklin1253 It may have been used for that but the Phrase goes back to I believe it was Henry VIII or Elizabeth Gloriana. which greatly proceeds the machine gun belt.

    • @ellasmommy9278
      @ellasmommy9278 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And I thought the whole nine yards regarded kilts. Because there is a lot of fabric in a kilt.
      Although I've made many gowns that required nine yards of fabric. If you get caught in the rain in one of these garments you stand a chance of getting seriously weighted down

  • @TheAaronFerreira
    @TheAaronFerreira 2 ปีที่แล้ว +195

    To summarize a lot of this video: Basically it was illegal for poor people to do things rich people could. Lol

    • @donnybrookinhooligan1088
      @donnybrookinhooligan1088 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      How times haven't changed (much)

    • @jrneal1220
      @jrneal1220 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Nowadays we just call them fines...

    • @keithlightminder3005
      @keithlightminder3005 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Was?

    • @djdeemz7651
      @djdeemz7651 ปีที่แล้ว

      Co ....cough , caine cough cough sniff , house of lords ...rampant cocaine and hooker use but lets keep it all illegal we dont want everyone else making these "terrible" life choices that are fine and a bloody good time when we do it ...we grow the best weed too but shhhhhhh 😂😂😂😂

    • @AshleyMartin-f3x
      @AshleyMartin-f3x 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is still law today

  • @StacyL.
    @StacyL. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Watching Weird History, blowing my nose as I'm eating a 3 course breakfast while scheduling a few tennis matches with friends, and feeling like a bad a$$ lol 🤣 🤣 🤣

  • @komoriaimi
    @komoriaimi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    There are lessons to be learned here that, although in a completely different context, some of the strategies to keep power still apply.

    • @maevependragon
      @maevependragon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Absolutely! I feel like I would have survived like 3 hours in that time. Especially the "witch" part haha!!!

    • @komoriaimi
      @komoriaimi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@maevependragon I'd be in so much trouble. Even if I tried to stay out of it I would have been burned or something XD

    • @maevependragon
      @maevependragon 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@komoriaimi Ha! Right? I'd have one of those muzzle things and then get hanged bc I can't keep my mouth shut!!!!

    • @cynthiakeller5954
      @cynthiakeller5954 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@komoriaimi Me and my sister would have been burnt as witches simply bc we question everything.

  • @Aligirl77
    @Aligirl77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I've never been happier to hear this voice😅 great video guys!

  • @mintybadger6905
    @mintybadger6905 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I refuse to believe people didn’t think those long shoes were stupid looking back then.

    • @ZigZagGoon
      @ZigZagGoon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Yeezy Foams look stupid af and people still wore them. The reality is, most folks will ignore how ridiculous something is as long as it's "in fashion".

    • @daveb.4268
      @daveb.4268 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oddly, Mexican cowboys love wearing boots that look very similar on fancy occasions. Like, going to a dance, wedding, rodeo ect.😆

    • @charlynegezze8536
      @charlynegezze8536 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What Middle Ages? Those disgusting shoes were worn by women (at least in Madrid, Spain) in the 90s and made standing in the metro or bus very awkward. I couldn´t wait for them to go out of style.

  • @philly83
    @philly83 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Could you do a list of the most ridiculous laws still on the books

    • @kellychuang8373
      @kellychuang8373 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh yeah that's a good suggestion.

    • @joywebster2678
      @joywebster2678 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But where? For example some cities haven't removed old laws in UK, Canada and USA. So where would you like him to list them from?

    • @connynielson8686
      @connynielson8686 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There was a book on this I remember...about all the old laws in southern states that still exist, and this guy went around to break all these laws....one was playing cards with native Indians as I remember

    • @daniellenelson5300
      @daniellenelson5300 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      When I was in high school in Pennsylvania they used to project facts onto a board and they used to do stupid old Pennsylvania laws still on the books, some were completely insane lol

  • @gordonspond
    @gordonspond 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    8:43 Politicians still do the same, just in less obvious ways... i.e. keep you scared of imaginary problems that they alone can "solve".

  • @runehood6682
    @runehood6682 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I haven't watched the full vid yet but there's also those laws where animals had to testify as well.
    Just watched the full video, and these are exteremly weird laws. And the jokes actually got a chuckle out of me

    • @Neenerella333
      @Neenerella333 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Blasphemy against Eval Knieval was my favorite.

    • @ashleelarsen7765
      @ashleelarsen7765 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      8:30 low sodium @UCLA you know that Ronnie

    • @jilimarieindelible465
      @jilimarieindelible465 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Animals? How?

    • @runehood6682
      @runehood6682 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jilimarieindelible465 from what I read they would literally have the animals on trail. It was a qeird time peroid.

    • @lightweight1974
      @lightweight1974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Neenerella333 Careful friend. Thou shall not speak poorly nor jest of the most righteous designer of the Rocket Cycle. Nor shall thee comment un-piously of the Ceasars Jump. Nor shall wheelies, wheel stands, tire burns, or other testosterone induced cycle acts be blasphemed.

  • @Seventeen_Syllables
    @Seventeen_Syllables 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Meanwhile, somewhere in Medieval Europe:
    High Lord Thunderbutt: "My liege, the peasants are revolting!"
    The King: "Yes of course they are."
    High Lord Thunderbutt: "No sire, the peasants seek to overthrow your most splendid person from the throne."
    The King: "Fie! Off with their shoes!"

  • @TheSaltydog07
    @TheSaltydog07 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    The Edict of Expulsion was a royal decree issued by King Edward I of England on 18 July 1290 expelling all Jews from the Kingdom of England. Edward advised the sheriffs of all counties he wanted all Jews expelled by no later than All Saints' Day (1 November).

    • @Rippertear
      @Rippertear 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yikes

    • @cynthiakeller5954
      @cynthiakeller5954 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Happened is Spain too. Alhambra Decree forced the Jews out. Many sought sanctuary in Portugual. Then they were kicked out again. That's how my family ended up with both Spanish and Portuguese blood and in the US and Mexico.

    • @NicoleCzarnecki
      @NicoleCzarnecki ปีที่แล้ว

      Wasn’t that 1190 and immediately after the York Pogrom?

  • @ninonino573
    @ninonino573 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you weird history 👍 keep em vids rolling 🏆👌

  • @joshwebbie2106
    @joshwebbie2106 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I laughed way too hard at “ driving with influenza“

  • @roseandra1
    @roseandra1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    No balls for yooooooou! Thank you posting this!

  • @miss.g-shun-w
    @miss.g-shun-w 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    1:24 "And the occasional death" Good to see that not much has changed about the sport.

  • @maestro-zq8gu
    @maestro-zq8gu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I'm no lawyer but if a law is extinct I don't think you can still break it.

  • @WindFireAllThatKindOfThing
    @WindFireAllThatKindOfThing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Came for the Ludicrous Laws, stayed for the D&D Sports Trivia

  • @karenishness1
    @karenishness1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The entire video was educational. Thank you!

    • @kellychuang8373
      @kellychuang8373 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes and also very fun and really can't imagine surviving that time let alone imagine how people endured that let alone our ancestors if they can recall that far. Then again you can only wonder what was deemed acceptable then vs now or which in out times is unacceptable then but now is accepted today.

    • @karenishness1
      @karenishness1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kellychuang8373 There are those who have sold out to off world interests. Sumerian clay tablet catalog a visitation of 450,000 years. Many rules are made to meet the demands of these visitors without recognition of human rights. I try to look at it from a victim perspective to appreciate how we can best take care of our planet and the souls on it.

    • @kellychuang8373
      @kellychuang8373 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@karenishness1 Now that's something to take into consideration as well with a lot to think about too.

    • @karenishness1
      @karenishness1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kellychuang8373 Shao lin temple has already taken it into account.

    • @kellychuang8373
      @kellychuang8373 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@karenishness1 Really good to know then again past lives are really dangerous and dicey affairs I can tell you that.

  • @cynthiakeller5954
    @cynthiakeller5954 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love all the Medieval paintings and woodcuts. Made this vid come alive.

  • @FuzzballRenakitty
    @FuzzballRenakitty 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Since you guys just uploaded a food video too- how about something on an old classic (and disgusting!) english meal... Jellied eels? o:

  • @erictaylor5462
    @erictaylor5462 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    3:20 I imagine that a teenage boy was the first person to ride a horse. It probably happened because the boys had a contest where they would jump onto the horse's back and hang on as long as possible.
    Eventually a boy would manage to hold on long enough that the horse would stop bucking and allow the boy to ride it.
    The first horse race very likely took place not long after the second person to ride a horse managed to hang on long enough that the horse stopped bucking.
    After all, that boy had only managed to equal his friend's accomplishment. The next logical step would be who could make their horse run faster.

  • @D0ugh.B0y
    @D0ugh.B0y 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ahhh, reasons. Oh how I love REASONS!!! Earth, Wind, & Fire and Beach Volleyball. lol

  • @slackyogurt
    @slackyogurt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This video makes me thankful to have been born in the 1980s.

  • @CHRISROYALSCHIEFSFAN
    @CHRISROYALSCHIEFSFAN 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love all your videos! Wish put out more content! Well done Tho

  • @user-chemistpharmacist
    @user-chemistpharmacist 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great Video.

  • @Rippertear
    @Rippertear 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Maybe cover strange punishments next? I seem to remember there were all sorts of strange medieval death machines for the purpose, from stretching racks to head-crushing vices, or just putting someone in a cage in a public place and waiting until they're a skeleton.

    • @carmenmartinez2882
      @carmenmartinez2882 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Kind of morbid isn’t it?

    • @Rippertear
      @Rippertear 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@carmenmartinez2882 Yes, but I'm sure there are plenty of more family-friendly examples too. Those were just the ones that came to mind first- they also had a variety of punishment methods that just amounted to "you stay in this place today", like the stocks, or the Cucking Stool, which is actually shown in this video when they discuss trial by ordeals. A Cucking Stool consists of a chair suspended above a river, serving the sole purpose of dunking annoying people in the water.

    • @GleePotter8468
      @GleePotter8468 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The majority of those “strange medieval death machines” are actually from the modern era

    • @carmenmartinez2882
      @carmenmartinez2882 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GleePotter8468 they’re actually from “modern era”? I didn’t know they traveled to the future.

    • @GleePotter8468
      @GleePotter8468 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@carmenmartinez2882 do you know what the modern era is? 😅

  • @strikeforce1500
    @strikeforce1500 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The weirdest part, is England banning football

    • @---kv5kh
      @---kv5kh ปีที่แล้ว +1

      maybe that explains why they are still so bad at it today 😅😅😅😅😅

    • @jie-yingphua7028
      @jie-yingphua7028 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Meantime according to Chinese mythology, cuju (ancient Chinese kickball) was invented by the Chinese Yellow Emperor for military training before it became a recreation sport.

  • @sebringiton
    @sebringiton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love the snarky humor

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    🎶"On the 35th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me....🎶
    Nothin'!"

  • @m.f.richardson1602
    @m.f.richardson1602 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Always interesting
    Thank you
    Peace 💕🇺🇲

  • @zach7193
    @zach7193 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So trivial is these laws. This is something else.

    • @donHooligan
      @donHooligan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      in some US states it is illegal to not pledge allegiance to Israel....a foreign terrorist-occupied territory in Syria.

  • @RayBetterThanEvilCanival
    @RayBetterThanEvilCanival ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “Oh my gawd like they’re totally stealing my look! Long pointy elf shoes are my thing. Only I’m allowed to wear these from now on.”
    - Some King, probably

  • @avannamcevedy5444
    @avannamcevedy5444 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Realy enjoying all the interesting facts on your channel

  • @patrickgraham3593
    @patrickgraham3593 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Stretched out on a rack, pecker chopped off, being disemboweled. One way to stop all the crime happening today😂

  • @funnatopia704
    @funnatopia704 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Fun Fact:
    The Term "Soccer" was invented by the British as another word for football.
    Its use died out in Britian, but not the US.

    • @sithyarael6807
      @sithyarael6807 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Now now don't tell the Brits that they first called it soccer cause that really pisses them off.

    • @hfkpop
      @hfkpop ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Australia calls it soccer too

    • @aresee8208
      @aresee8208 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@hfkpop In nearly all English speaking countries (most of which have different games called football) it is called soccer.

  • @TheInkPitOx
    @TheInkPitOx ปีที่แล้ว

    Loving this channel

  • @garnierfruct
    @garnierfruct 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I'd like to a video on how people in the past hydrated. Anywhere I go I always bring my water bottle. They didn't have that luxury. How did they hydrate on long trips?

    • @shinnam
      @shinnam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      If a waterway wasn't in a city, it was okay to drink. In Nordic countries most places the water in streams is okay to drink. I drink stream water when I go camping in Sweden.

    • @cattibingo
      @cattibingo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Always been curious about this. Did people drink beer/mead and be drunk 24/7? Did people drink whatever water was available & it was just a part of life that sometimes the water kills you?

    • @Painted-Coyote
      @Painted-Coyote 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cattibingo no actually! The beer was such a low alcohol content that it couldn't get you drunk. Was mostly to sterilize it because otherwise, yes the water would just kill you.
      If you remember John snow discovering that cholera outbreaks was because of the poop water mixing with the drinking water. Before that they thought sickness happened because of bad air so dying from contaminated water just... Happened!

    • @ElCapitanGames
      @ElCapitanGames 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Beer and Wine were expensive because they were the best way to ensure safety when any water source might be your last. This fact can’t be understated. “Water to wine” has more meaning than people think.

    • @shinnam
      @shinnam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      As an amateur brewer: I think it would have been hard to get the resources to brew that much beer or mead for all ones water needs. For 10 liters of mead it takes about 3 litres of honey to make a 10-12% mead. Malting grain for brewing requires a warm room for sprouting the grains.

  • @patrickrose1221
    @patrickrose1221 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brilliant narration lol

  • @rileychadwell5635
    @rileychadwell5635 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh, dear. Oh, dear. I'm an elderly old woman whose looks have gone. What ever do I have to look forward to now?
    .
    .
    "WITCH!!"

  • @TheBlindPhotographer
    @TheBlindPhotographer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yay! New upload 😍
    Deus benedicat tibi🙏🏻

  • @olbradley
    @olbradley 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Number 1.
    Tax Evasion

    • @donHooligan
      @donHooligan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      you want roads, you pay taxes.
      just make them fair, buddy....that is the focus.
      why keep the corruption?
      you people always insist on throwing out the baby.....and keeping the filthy bathwater.
      going to turn us into China through deregulation.
      end the corruption....not the protections!
      you people think taking the chains off a werewolf will keep us all safe.
      Bill Clinton crashed the economy in 08 by deregulating the banks.
      the next crash will be his fault, too.
      Glass-Steagall was why our economy did not crash....and The Banking Act is gone, replaced w/corporate friendly Dodd-Frank

  • @firstlas9647
    @firstlas9647 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you, James Woods sounding man.

  • @grimdiannabones4361
    @grimdiannabones4361 ปีที่แล้ว

    I absolutely adore your sick twisted dark sense of humor lol, great video

  • @grahamturner1290
    @grahamturner1290 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    May I recommend the Dark Ages and medieval content on the Northworthy Sagas and Stories channel here on TH-cam.

  • @weedle90
    @weedle90 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Some of the ordeal trials were fixed so the accused would survive. Usually in cases where it was obvious that the person was innocent.
    The church knew it was a load of crap, but they had to keep the fear in people.

  • @imzadi83fanvids7
    @imzadi83fanvids7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    How about a similar video on Victorian laws?

  • @richiethev4623
    @richiethev4623 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    A lot of sports and also specific musical instruments to this very day are mostly a wealthy person’s deal since they require money & plenty of it over a long course of time which a certain class of people unfortunately do not have…

    • @653j521
      @653j521 ปีที่แล้ว

      We can rent instruments today, and buy various grades of instruments. Same with sports. We can borrow or rent equipment. Many schools help with that.

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I think it is funny that addressing witchcraft is part of the law.
    I follow a channel called Decoding The Unknown, and Simon Whistler often says "The past is the worst."
    It sounds interesting to me! I am sure I would have hated the feudal system though.

    • @krissflavoredx
      @krissflavoredx ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm pretty sure Simon meant actually living during all those times. I don't think most people thought it was interesting to be poor, hungry, etc lol.

    • @btetschner
      @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว

      @@krissflavoredx "I don't think most people thought it was interesting to be poor, hungry, etc lol." - It is a different in values. You would sacrifice everyone around you not to be poor. I have been poor my entire life and it is interesting.

    • @krissflavoredx
      @krissflavoredx ปีที่แล้ว

      @@btetschner lol... I'm gonna have to call your bluff on that.

    • @btetschner
      @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว

      @@krissflavoredx "lol... I'm gonna have to call your bluff on that."- You're a born liar. You know that I am poor and you know you are willing to sacrifice everyone around you.
      You must be from a very dishonest family where money is always more important than honesty.

    • @btetschner
      @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว

      @@krissflavoredx There is no reason to call any single bluff of yours, dishonesty is your way of life.

  • @catebrooks6779
    @catebrooks6779 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love this narrator's delivery... especially on the clown shoes!

  • @peterott9162
    @peterott9162 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent video!!

  • @shamsalfarabi6107
    @shamsalfarabi6107 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have never broke this one medieval western law: Not wearing long pointy shoes.

  • @maryaltshuller885
    @maryaltshuller885 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What about laws where Muslims lived such as Turkey? Some of those countries today have very harsh punishments such as cutting off a person's hand if caught stealing.

    • @ScottFunk-us6ro
      @ScottFunk-us6ro หลายเดือนก่อน

      Uhm, those laws are STILL in place, it's called Sharia or religious law. It also applies to anyone who isn't Muslim, as they can't erect new places of worship, rep[air them, and must pay a gigantic tax called the jizya (a tax so high that the Ottoman Empire govt was fully supported by this tax). Sharia law is the goal of all Islam, feel free to ask a Muslim. Know however that Islam actually promotes lying, so you may have to check online sources.

  • @wesgunton238
    @wesgunton238 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    No sex during certian times of the year and days of the week, sounds like married life.

  • @ridureyu
    @ridureyu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Trial by water - they did haul you out if you sank, at least.

    • @wolf.eye._-
      @wolf.eye._- 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nope 😂

  • @lerneanlion
    @lerneanlion 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    New name for the Middle Ages after watching this video: The Lawfully Dark Ages.

  • @holton345
    @holton345 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    @ 8:27 - For the "youngsters" reading this: In 1980 or 1981 the FDA (under Reagan's guidance) classified a squirt of catsup as being the nutritional equivalent of one serving of vegetables for public school lunches. So we had the new reduced-price lunches, but we also got reduced-content lunches. It was all quite stupid, I assure you…

    • @vmitchinson
      @vmitchinson ปีที่แล้ว

      Another reason demonstrating the stupidy of Reagon!

    • @Cricket2731
      @Cricket2731 ปีที่แล้ว

      This idea came to a screeching halt shortly after Johnny Carson mentioned that a new ruling stated that chewing on your tongue would be considered a hot luncj.

  • @meagera333
    @meagera333 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm sure there is a law in the UK that you can't eat mince pies before Christmas day , stuff that 🥧🥧🥧🥧😋

    • @1cpascal
      @1cpascal 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      In my family, it was considered unlucky to eat Christmas pudding before Christmas Day.

  • @olsencarl
    @olsencarl ปีที่แล้ว

    I love watching these videos especially when it’s the guy he makes me laugh

  • @thejudgmentalcat
    @thejudgmentalcat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Driving under influenza" 🤣

  • @tremorsfan
    @tremorsfan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Legend has it that Henry VIII was playing tennis as Anne Boleyn was being executed.

  • @dem0nchild610
    @dem0nchild610 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Imagine them trying to enforce a law about bumping uglies today

    • @Rippertear
      @Rippertear 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Still a thing in some countries, at least for non-straight people

    • @jordanslingluff287
      @jordanslingluff287 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They sew up woman's vaginas in a couple of Muslim countries in Africa to this day.

  • @gavinrose1058
    @gavinrose1058 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm sure getting the lord's permission to marry was about collecting yet another fee. People still pay for a marriage license.

  • @peacebewithyou911
    @peacebewithyou911 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don’t know what it was but when you started talking about the pointy shoes I had a revelation. Just seems so silly and foreign to me as a man in 2023 how they could like that. But I understand fashion is always changing and that was it back then. Maybe it was the music… idk mind was blown though that’s for sure.
    Speaking of which you got a source for the track starting around 6:15? 🔥

  • @erikgilson1687
    @erikgilson1687 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Henry VIII was apparently pretty hot and athletic when he was younger, he just got injured and older and ate himself into obesity and gout

  • @auntvesuvi3872
    @auntvesuvi3872 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for this! 🏹 #WeirdHistory #Laws #MiddleAges

  • @faemike55
    @faemike55 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the callout for the movie 'The Last Witchhunter' a fave of mine

  • @dockerdave
    @dockerdave 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    No. 10. It's called soccer in Australia too

  • @deboralee1623
    @deboralee1623 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    🎵 "...Breaking the law, breaking the law..." 🎵

    • @hadara69
      @hadara69 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      🤘👹🤘

  • @EmRePhoto
    @EmRePhoto 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Those shoes def helped with abstinence

  • @Lucy-zv4xc
    @Lucy-zv4xc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "The peasants are having... FUN?! Nay! Nay! Ban it! Ban it ALL!"

  • @theromanorder
    @theromanorder 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Can you PLEASE make a video on the history of fire fighting

  • @Tully_23_32
    @Tully_23_32 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We in Australia & New Zealand call soccer, soccer not football aswell

  • @tobyhorn9641
    @tobyhorn9641 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The only time you're not breaking the law is when you were at home asleep in your bed

  • @mrfiddlebottom
    @mrfiddlebottom 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey weird history! Can you do a couple of videos about our government? Maybe just a breakdown of our political system and how it works.

  • @Bonserak23
    @Bonserak23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    How dare he Float lol

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yeah, I break those laws.. whattchyagonnadoaboutit? Nuthin', that's what! You'll never catch me, Copper!

  • @alicelookingforwonderland7951
    @alicelookingforwonderland7951 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Irony of being allowed to put a realistic marbel p*n*s in a youtube video about history, but abstractly drawn breast? HELL NO, YT doesn’t allow that

  • @kaitkat27
    @kaitkat27 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So if your bday was 9 months after a forbidden period you’d know you were a forbidden baby 😂

  • @jakebellamy543
    @jakebellamy543 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    And we all see how oppressing a people based on financial wealth can be deadly

  • @11StarlingA
    @11StarlingA 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Zoning nerd here! I would love to watch a video on land use laws around the world.

  • @youtubechicken120
    @youtubechicken120 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What kind of dr. Seuss lookin goofy ahh shoes

  • @TheSaltydog07
    @TheSaltydog07 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh look. It's Bruegel!!

  • @stefanfisher4440
    @stefanfisher4440 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Horse racing goes back much further than the 1100s. It is thought to have first taken place in Kazakhstan over 4000 years ago

  • @solanaceae2069
    @solanaceae2069 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Been to Tennessee many times and did not _see_ anyone playing tennis even once.

    • @653j521
      @653j521 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Did you see anyone exercising?

    • @ankhpom9296
      @ankhpom9296 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      TN state is one of those poor and backward southern states.

  • @philschuler9674
    @philschuler9674 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good video, thanks for posting

  • @Ethan-ee8rv
    @Ethan-ee8rv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wearing long shoes was considered “drip” back then, I suppose 😂 medieval yeezys

    • @donnybrookinhooligan1088
      @donnybrookinhooligan1088 ปีที่แล้ว

      Might explain the myth of large feet equals a large member

    • @KaitouKaiju
      @KaitouKaiju ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not much has changed with the boat sized Jordans people lose their shit over

  • @saraross8396
    @saraross8396 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It was the British who coined the word "Soccer", not the Americans.

  • @erictaylor5462
    @erictaylor5462 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:00 I suspect that Henry VIII was "pretty good" at tennis in the same was that Kim Jong-un is pretty good at golf. If you disagree with his bragging, you'll be sorry.

  • @nmoney6655
    @nmoney6655 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Crazy thing is I would’ve died during the Middle Ages I had diabetes so I would’ve died due to lack of medicine and plus my mom would’ve died because I was 8 days late being born

  • @CwL-1984
    @CwL-1984 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We have come along way since the middle ages.......................................................................................

    • @faemike55
      @faemike55 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Riiiiiight!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @dixiecyrus8136
    @dixiecyrus8136 ปีที่แล้ว

    Talk about your Lambofeeties🤣🤣🤣

  • @UndyingNephalim
    @UndyingNephalim ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't mean to be that annoying guy, but the entire witch situation was an almost entirely post middle-ages phenomenon. You even list the starting date at the extreme tail end of the time period.

  • @lestatangel
    @lestatangel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fun fact, you could pick your nose but you couldn't blow it

  • @videogamevalley7523
    @videogamevalley7523 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Illegal to blow your nose………or have a fever……..🤔

  • @cantlxvegxld4333
    @cantlxvegxld4333 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Maybe you guys could do one on coral castle , great program btw

  • @XaloGunner
    @XaloGunner 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sorry Kenny Bania, 8:16, but Jerry Seinfeld treated you to soup, which counts as a meal!