What was medieval warfare like? (feat. Overly Sarcastic Productions)

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  • What were the distinctive elements of warfare and battle in the medieval period?
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  • @Varsocona
    @Varsocona 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2722

    "People don't like to die."-Shad.
    Well why do they keep doing it then?! Bunch of sillies.

    • @pungivergiverofpuns3611
      @pungivergiverofpuns3611 7 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      Varsocona people die when they are killed

    • @bcn1gh7h4wk
      @bcn1gh7h4wk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      you can't find the way to not-die in combat if you don't combat, even if you die in the process.
      concept!

    • @thelordz33
      @thelordz33 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      rubble madness you realize that the American military is made up of volunteers, right?

    • @YoungSavage
      @YoungSavage 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      if dying is so great why isnt there a dying 2?

    • @jarrett3593
      @jarrett3593 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They put their lives at risk to possibly get land, money, and power over the people who they raided.

  • @matthewneuendorf5763
    @matthewneuendorf5763 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1406

    There are several competing truisms at work in medieval battles.
    1 - Disciplined blocks of infantry will always defeat a cavalry charge.
    2 - A cavalry charge is almost impossible to resist.
    It mostly boiled down to the discipline of the infantry. If they broke (either to flee, or to pursue) then their formation was gone and the enemy cavalry could slaughter them. If they stood fast, then the cavalry basically couldn't hurt them.
    However, like any rule, there are notable exceptions. For instance, there was a kind of arms race in the eastern Mediterranean between the spearman and the cataphract. The medieval Romans employed large blocks of disciplined spearmen who could successfully receive a heavy cavalry charge, which was crucial in their battles against the Arabs and Turks. However, once those groups started to copy their tactics and techniques, they had to come up with something to beat their own methods. Enter the klibanophoros, a super-heavy cataphract variant. They had armor on their horses that was thick enough for them to charge directly into spears and come out alive. The spear shafts would break before the blades would penetrate the horses' armor. Naturally, once the Saracens began to copy this as well, the Romans had to come up with yet another solution. They marked out picked men of exceptional strength and gave them extremely heavy short spears made of whole saplings (IIRC the measure of a suitable tree was that you could barely fit your hand around it). These heavy spears were strong enough to beat the horses' armor, so that when the Saracen heavy cavalry charged the spear wall, the picked men would rush out in front and their spears would punch through the horses' armor, wiping out the charge. Over time this shifted from having them rush out ahead, to having them shift from the back of the line to the front, and finally to integrating them into the line itself, intermixing them with the regular spearmen.
    Of course, the medieval Romans had a rather decisive edge over most any other power at the time, in that they could afford to maintain and equip elite formations of disciplined, professional spearmen, heavy armored cataphracts, and even a few hundred klibanophoroi, backed by a millenium-long tradition of military science and generalship. And even their finances eventually suffered to the point where they were no longer able to support some of those formations.

    • @finiteenergy7155
      @finiteenergy7155 6 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Very informative comment! But something to me doesn't feel right about calling them medieval romans, i prefer Byzantines.

    • @laurie1183
      @laurie1183 6 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      There's also the issue with the fact that horses will not charge spears. Not even Napoleonic era cavalry, some of the largest and best trained cavalry in history, would charge a unit with fixed bayonets. The only way you can convince a horse to charge a densely packed block of infantry with any level of gusto required to rush through it is for that group of infantry to break formation and create gaps. If they do not, your horse will either stop very quickly or it will slow down enough to remove almost all of the impact from your charge. It's for this reason that even in the medieval period cavalry did not dominate the battlefield, they simply played a vital role. Just like how infantry, archers, cannon, and crossbowmen did not dominate the battlefield either.

    • @pabloramos1022
      @pabloramos1022 6 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Blabesh Well they called themselves romans. And the term Byzantine was never used in "Byzantium". Also classical culture had been preserved, while most of it was lost in the west.

    • @laurie1183
      @laurie1183 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      You can put blinders on a horse and run it into a wall, but the horse will never trust you to ride it again so it's a very stupid long term plan. Horses are assholes, and they hold grudges.

    • @bubbleman2002
      @bubbleman2002 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Calvary charge... Impossible to resist?
      Did someone say... Halberds?

  • @toasterpastries5811
    @toasterpastries5811 5 ปีที่แล้ว +744

    *Macedonian spear phalanx revolutionizes warfare.*
    *Roman shield formations beat Macedonian phalanx*
    *Roman shield formations become Medieval shield formations, which get replaced by Medieval spear phalanx*
    history really does work in cycles.

    • @martinzaksauskas4739
      @martinzaksauskas4739 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Carlos Smith then gunpowder

    • @isitnotwrittenthat1680
      @isitnotwrittenthat1680 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Bayonet wall!

    • @kingnothing8570
      @kingnothing8570 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@martinzaksauskas4739 Then trenches and tanks.

    • @kimarykorlumiose7728
      @kimarykorlumiose7728 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      History is in an endless waltz, repeating the three beats of Revolution, War, and Peace.

    • @dwargonedragon794
      @dwargonedragon794 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The spear (sarisa) phalanx is actually superior to Roman shield formations, atleast in the front. The only problem is it's lack of flexibility, getting outflanked or enemies getting too close means doom. That's why the macedonians employ skirmisher and archer supports, a role that was replaced by unreliable mercenaries during the roman conquests. It became viable again because of better armor against arrows and the invention of poleaxe and various types of polearms that are more versatile than a long pointy stick.
      The Chinese empires had this much earlier, even had a version of a poleaxe almost as long as a sarisa. Lamelar is good enough against arrows, so shields became smaller (or got rid of). This is because of their traditional enemies, the stepped nomads, who mainly uses cavalry. And that's where the crossbows come into picture, arming large number of peasants with this easy to use weapon means they had a decent supporting force.

  • @efraim3364
    @efraim3364 7 ปีที่แล้ว +756

    War, war never changes.

    • @nealsterling8151
      @nealsterling8151 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Depends Warfare has changed very much over the last centuries.
      But i know what you mean and i agree, of course.
      If you seriously look at it you'll see, that war and killing is among the most stupidest and horrifying things humans can do.
      Sadly, even today some people get so brainwashed, they would gladly kill others for basically any BS they are told.

    • @kyokyoniizukyo7171
      @kyokyoniizukyo7171 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thraazon 1976
      It was world war 1 when wars where now fought in ways without honest honor, oh wait, war has never changed....

    • @Tenshi6Tantou6Rei
      @Tenshi6Tantou6Rei 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      True
      no one wins
      every one loses
      some fucker decides to try invading Russia in winter

    • @somemaycallthisjunkmeicall133
      @somemaycallthisjunkmeicall133 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      For people who dont understand this Fallout quote, the way we fight war may change but the reason we do it never changes

    • @kaidrescher6321
      @kaidrescher6321 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      War has changed

  • @Mathijspk1
    @Mathijspk1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    I really like the fact that you were so realistic about ransom instead of just plain-old condemning it.

    • @forickgrimaldus8301
      @forickgrimaldus8301 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I mean at the time it would have even been seen as merciful considering Slavery and Mass murder were very common, not today of course but back then.

  • @JonaD757
    @JonaD757 7 ปีที่แล้ว +683

    Omg, you cracked me up, Shad.
    "That might surprise you, but this next fact might not. People don't like to die...."
    I don't know why I found that so hilarious, but your delivery was on point.

  • @lam-ben-yam4015
    @lam-ben-yam4015 7 ปีที่แล้ว +314

    You must now analyse how well-defendable a pineapple under the sea would be against a siege.

    • @damorin2154
      @damorin2154 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol

    • @omegawilliam95s36
      @omegawilliam95s36 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      -Underwater, so you couldn’t stay there long enough to get anywhere.
      -Deep underwater, so it would be impossible to reach it before running out of air, and siege weapons would be useless.
      -It has tall leaves on top, giving rooftop archers near perfect protection against incoming fire.
      -Doorway is small, reducing the total amount of enemies that can rush in if breached.

    • @TheTeutonicPlague
      @TheTeutonicPlague ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Who lives in a pineapple under a siege?

    • @dragoknight589
      @dragoknight589 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      We need pineapple machiculations.

    • @jai-kk5uu
      @jai-kk5uu ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@TheTeutonicPlague SpongeBob steelpants

  • @426mak
    @426mak 7 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    The first comment about not liking to lose/die, chimes very well with Sun Tzu quote: "One only seeks battle when victory is assured."

  • @mnk9073
    @mnk9073 7 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    Higland charges were a smart idea although only for a very limited time. They exploited the reloading pause after the first exchange of musket volleys to rush the enemy. Keep in mind that was in those dark days before bayonets and alternating volleys. Great vid my man.

  • @vilotarian
    @vilotarian 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1054

    This is a crossover I didn't know I needed.

    • @KaedeLanyo
      @KaedeLanyo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I knew i needed it, and i'm _very happy._

    • @luciferlightbringer2337
      @luciferlightbringer2337 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      KaedeLanyo in what way? ;)

    • @oisin3230
      @oisin3230 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Vilotarian when Blue mentioned he'd been watching shad I did a little dance.

    • @badtaste7415
      @badtaste7415 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Shad should try and design a modern castle. just for fun.

    • @MagicBiber
      @MagicBiber 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      What about DRAGONS though?

  • @jirkau555
    @jirkau555 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2271

    The death of 1 person is tragedy. The death of a 1000 is statistics.

    • @hjorturerlend
      @hjorturerlend 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Wasn´t he who made that one tho.

    • @Djorgal
      @Djorgal 7 ปีที่แล้ว +376

      "Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are God."
      That's from Jean Rostand.

    • @GrammarPaladin
      @GrammarPaladin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      DAMN, YOU BEAT ME TO IT

    • @1293ST
      @1293ST 7 ปีที่แล้ว +144

      Djorgal Yea, but Stalin is A. more famous and B. his quote actually has a different meaning: "The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of a million is a statistic."
      Stalins quote challenges the morals of the people and the emotional reaction they show when hearing about different situation, a nation is shattered after heard of the death of one - special - person, so shouldn't they face the same shattering reaction a million times after hearing of the death of millions? This shows us that human lives are not equal, we want to believe that they are, because it raises our own simple existence to the same importance, in the eyes of morality, as someone actually important.
      --
      The other quote is also questioning human morality, but not about the actual value of a human life, rather how those who take them are viewed.
      Everyone can murder someone, doing this however is seen as giving in to ones primitive primal spirit, we superior advanced humans would never do this, only scum would!
      Someone with the ability to murder so unbelievably many people must be someone special, someone with a higher cause, and we can only mourne so much, in fact, we can only mourne for our own family because we're no longer inside the group.
      And something which is able to murder millions must be a god, bearing death of millions on your shoulder, as you have ability to murder cultures you can't be simple, you can't be a primitive animal! and as there are only animals, humans and gods, you must therefore be a god; and your cause must be truly rigtous, otherwise you couldn't have succeded!

    • @beckettfordahl5450
      @beckettfordahl5450 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Isnt the quote 1 million?

  • @bloodfrog8657
    @bloodfrog8657 7 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    So we got skirmishes, sieges and battles. But what about Dragons? You should make a video about dragons in medieval warfare, I would like to see a more historical point of view on this subject.

    • @Modelstl063
      @Modelstl063 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Vincent Franke dragons would effectively be WMDs, it is an absolute game changer and any force with dragons would be essentially unstoppable. Read up on aegons conquest of the seven kingdoms and the expansion of the valayrian free hold.

    • @l33tsamurai
      @l33tsamurai 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I am curious though about the historical Dragon. In my research, while they were regarded as fearsome, they were often of a size and fire capacity (as in the fire they could produce was pretty limited) that even one man with a horse, lance, and shield could handle it. I think an army could handle a single Dragon, archers could poke holes in its wings if nothing else, and the footmen could mob it rather quickly... obviously the Valeria dragons were significantly larger.

    • @marktresztian4467
      @marktresztian4467 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Use giants with slings

    • @markschmitz5038
      @markschmitz5038 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Actually dragons were overrated like war elephants. Firstly they eat a lot, very expensive. Most of the time when unleashed they simply flew off to the nearest mountain and dragoneers would have to track them down by following a trail of ash droppings.

    • @deadaccount9220
      @deadaccount9220 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Modelstl063 this is why I love this community , its already coming up with answers.

  • @jirkau555
    @jirkau555 7 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    When talking about the shield and spear wall, don't forget about the war wagon wall used by Hussits. Those guys repeled a crusade with farming tools ffs. They should really be more known

    • @mexa_t6534
      @mexa_t6534 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Real Druid oh yeah. That was basically a primitive tank, wasn’t it?

    • @lukasprazak7362
      @lukasprazak7362 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mexa_t6534 I think this is rather inaccurate, because Hussit war wagons were stationed and didn't really move on battlefield.

    • @ignacejespers8201
      @ignacejespers8201 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Don't forget the guns and cannons

  • @JoaoPedro-qp9cw
    @JoaoPedro-qp9cw 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I am travelling so I was without internet connection until this morning, when I got the notification of a new video and noticed that Shad had talked about exactly what I asked him for on his last video. Really, thank you Shad, it will help a LOT with my book.

  • @clay9617
    @clay9617 7 ปีที่แล้ว +427

    You should look at the castles and fortified cities from the game Medieval 2: Total War!

    • @ArgieGrit
      @ArgieGrit 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Especially the cranels. Archers are damn useless if you're attacking

    • @Khalkara
      @Khalkara 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @Clay I don't think he would have much to complain about. If you want him to complain about total war castle designs let him talk about total warhammer with their single lined wall that is perfectly straight.

    • @Enmerkar_of_Uruk
      @Enmerkar_of_Uruk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Then again, that's fantasy and isn't really pretending to be accurate, so there's always that to be considered. Plus magic.

    • @AudieHolland
      @AudieHolland 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Hahaa! I could wipe out attackers using a catapult in the mainsquare. Now that you mentioned it: NO MOATS in M2TW.

    • @ccalhoun3908
      @ccalhoun3908 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Clay is it a game on the PlayStation 1.

  • @MagicBiber
    @MagicBiber 7 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    The video title in earlier versions of production: "Oddly Satisfying Video, that you never knew you needed to function" ;)

    • @mycrofthirschecke5271
      @mycrofthirschecke5271 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol, du? Hier? Kam unerwartet.

    • @shadenfroda273
      @shadenfroda273 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@mycrofthirschecke5271 is that German? Or am I stupid
      Probably the lader

  • @lloydbautista2055
    @lloydbautista2055 7 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    Maybe in the future you could make a video talking about the misconception surrounding the Middle Ages? I find it to be one of the most misunderstood periods of history and and can't even begin to count all the ridiculously false crap I've heard people claim about it.

    • @deadaccount9220
      @deadaccount9220 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its been two years but can anyone give me a example?

    • @ondras5241
      @ondras5241 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@deadaccount9220 Heavy armour actually doesn't make you slower if you are trained knight, Vikings didn't raid all the time, castle wall is usually crushed with just a few (2-5) trebuchet shots, the list goes on...

    • @Joe27248
      @Joe27248 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@deadaccount9220 I believe the middle age(s) is from the fall of rome, so around 400 AD, until the beginning of the enlightenment, around 1500 AD. That is an AGE, whereas the medieval era was an ERA, from about 1050 AD until about 1450 AD or so, if that make sense

    • @chadhumphries1445
      @chadhumphries1445 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ondras5241 Most Trebuches couldn't knock down castle walls. The average trebuches wasn't huge like in video games and movies. The most common trebuches could destroy the battlements but not knock down castle walls. Castle walls were very thick and were designed to withstand a siege. If they crumbled every time a trebuches or catapult hit them there wouldn't be so many medieval Castles around today. Vikings raided very often for hundreds of years. Raiding was a very big part of their life.

    • @ondras5241
      @ondras5241 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@chadhumphries1445 Well, you can notice that most of these castles are from late mediaeval period. That's because engineering evolved and improved. But for most time it took but a few hits. When trebuchets were first introduced it took single shot to decimate wall. (education.abc.net.au/home?sf103409428=1#!/media/1608281/trebuchets-and-sieges, here you have one of my sources of you don't trust me)

  • @SuicidialDolphin
    @SuicidialDolphin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    Blue sent me here lol.

    • @Poetabrasileiro
      @Poetabrasileiro 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Blue senpai, i love you!!!!
      I'll go wherever you need me to. @w@

    • @murkyemu5256
      @murkyemu5256 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Me:Look!! I replied to a reply!! Are you happy mom!! Mom: whats a reply?

  • @juanmartin8776
    @juanmartin8776 7 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    BEST CROSSOVER EVER. My pc exploded from the sheer awesomeness

  • @davidribeiro1064
    @davidribeiro1064 7 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    Regarding ransoms of lower class people, during the Iberian Reconquista it's clear that all the Iberian states, Christian and Muslim alike ended up developing a rather lucrative ransom econmy against each other.
    ETA: Actually in many ways the practice continued in the late medieval and post medieval periods. Barbary corsairs still raided southern Europe, so places like Ceuta and Tunis had a booming ransom industry with the Ottoman Empire, France, the Knight Hospitallers, Portugal, the Italian States and Spain ransoming and trading prisioners well into the modern age.

    • @petersmythe6462
      @petersmythe6462 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      We need to do that today! Or not.

    • @feartheghus
      @feartheghus 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Peter Smythe we have prisoners of war, and exchanges, so it's kind of like ransom except of soldiers.

    • @davidribeiro1064
      @davidribeiro1064 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well, it's more akin to the kidnappings that go on in some South/Central American countries or Somalian pirates. The only difference is that nowadays it's not really being made in an organized way by State actors, but by drug cartels, kidnapping rings and guerrillas seeking funding...

    • @aksmex2576
      @aksmex2576 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      David Ribeiro
      North African "pirates" very often did take prisoners, Europeans like to call them slaves butthey were just hostages

    • @davidribeiro1064
      @davidribeiro1064 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They were hostages sometimes, "if" they were ransomed, "if" the other side com,plied with the condition that caused the imprisonement (one example of an actual hostage: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_the_Holy_Prince)
      . Not all of them were ransomed and quite a few of those captured from Spain to Ireland did end up as slaves. Of course conversion could also mean freedom due to the Quranic prohibition against enslaving muslims and the Catholic church usually also tried to pay mass ransoms, but there was no garantee that someone captured in a raid wouldn't end their lives in slavery.

  • @toymachine4253
    @toymachine4253 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    "I'm not in favor of murder-" except in the case of Spongebob Squarepants, it would seem

    • @jacobstaten2366
      @jacobstaten2366 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That's not murder. That's a righteous kill.

    • @eazy8579
      @eazy8579 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jacobstaten2366 this is such an underrated comment!

  • @adambierstedt920
    @adambierstedt920 7 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Presumably, when describing the knights with couched lances, you are largely talking about moments like the early victory at Damascus in the 1st Crusade, where a knight charge into the Muslim camp won the battle before it ever engaged.
    But, largely, the couched lance charge wasn't used. It's distinctive enough to get mentioned whenever it was used, but that visible is a mark of rarity. After all, that's a very committed action that really is only going to work against a tall force that you can charge directly into, like say, more cavalry. However, the loss of horses is going to be severe (it kind of depended on the moment whether human death would be severe, but animals were not in good shape). Horses are expensive, and knights didn't like throwing away they're animal compatriots' lives.
    So, I'd argue the most distinctive feature of medieval combat was the development of the stirrup, and with it, the feigned charge. This was a particularly Norman thing at first, where they'd all run, get up alongside their target, then turn all at the same time and run parallel to it, abusing the length of the lance to chip away at the shield wall. This is clearly indicated at descriptions of Hastings, and continued to be used into at least the 13th century.
    (Cavalry fights then would look kind of silly, where one side chases the other, turns, and is chased back across the field until someone got chipped enough to force a retreat).

  • @ColonelRPG
    @ColonelRPG 7 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    The hype is real!

  • @RockerMarcee96
    @RockerMarcee96 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    One thing to note, Chinese Christians who visited Europe remarked the fact that non-combatants weren't harmed during combat which to the Chinese was very strange, as they were used to seeing the massacre of innocents at all times during combat.

    • @ivanchemeris9632
      @ivanchemeris9632 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      do you have a source on that?

    • @spitandfire
      @spitandfire 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They clearly didn't see what happened to the people in the baggage train then.

    • @MrOlivertwist19
      @MrOlivertwist19 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Cenk Tüneygök Same reason why Istanbul/Byzanz is still full of Christians today?

    • @raphaelkhan1668
      @raphaelkhan1668 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MrOlivertwist19 Istanbul has lots of Christians dude. Its the center of Greek Orthodoxy to this day and was even under Ottoman rule.

  • @douglasfulmer5483
    @douglasfulmer5483 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Shad, I bought a few days ago one of those nifty little shirts that had all the bits of the castles on it. I forgot when it would come in, but I am excited to confuse everyone at school with it!

  • @jordanfitzmaurice6658
    @jordanfitzmaurice6658 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    "So You're invading me?"
    Nice video's, both of them.

    • @isitnotwrittenthat1680
      @isitnotwrittenthat1680 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      So you're invading me then? *cuts to defensive structure videos and tactics sources*

  • @oisin3230
    @oisin3230 7 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    I just came from OSP!!

  • @thatonetarren6311
    @thatonetarren6311 7 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I knew you guys were doing a crossover it was inevitable.

  • @jordankuiper805
    @jordankuiper805 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    YES! I wanted this to happen. This needed to happen.
    I've been looking for videos describing Medieval Warfare. I've seen a lot of videos on the battles for Greeks, Romans, and a few Asian naval battles.
    Thanks for the clear and well thought out analysis.

  • @Cappy-Bara
    @Cappy-Bara 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Such great chemistry. We need more of these

  • @kylemarrero9546
    @kylemarrero9546 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    spongebob called and he said "ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahHHHHHHHHHHHHahahahahahahahahahahahah!"

  • @SandraOrtmann1976
    @SandraOrtmann1976 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Time for a new shirt: Knights are awesome!

  • @Jaster832
    @Jaster832 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    5:20 I lol'd hard at this. So refreshing, "Unless they're just a monster type of person then we can just be glad they're gone." - HARD CUT - I want to see the uncut version of this, like, you said something after this, but later decided "Nope, this is the final cut, don't need to keep this other stuff about my mother-in-law." lol

  • @matthewmuir8884
    @matthewmuir8884 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Both this and the classical warfare video are going to help me with my novel. I'm glad this crossover happened.

  • @senddrick5236
    @senddrick5236 7 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Shad this was great I learn a lot from your videos that interests me and it's just really fun to listen and learn from you

  • @leonst.7471
    @leonst.7471 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Shad I have to thank you you showed me the oversarcastic duo and now there are 2 collabs and I love it !

  • @gabrielgutierrez1419
    @gabrielgutierrez1419 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Shad, your videos are the best!
    Regards from Uruguay.

  • @TheMuddbudd
    @TheMuddbudd 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    You are trying to get rid of Spongebob Squarepants? But what about DRAGONS?!?

    • @henrypaleveda7760
      @henrypaleveda7760 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wonder why he hates spongebob squarepants.

  • @ringthatbell9597
    @ringthatbell9597 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can’t believe it’s been 4 or so years since I started watching your videos, time flys.
    I’m rewatching this video because I was going through OSP (Blue’s) videos on the classical period and then saw the classical warfare video and subsequently the collab.
    Love your vids have a good one.

  • @redthered3242
    @redthered3242 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    When you've played Mount and Blade for 5 hours
    Me: *The Expert*

  • @DZ-1987
    @DZ-1987 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    "People don't like to die"
    Well, you'll learn to like it if you've played dark souls. Kinda have to.

    • @howshouldiknow2568
      @howshouldiknow2568 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      aaa it’s nice to meat another who’s died 5 million times

    • @urticantspoon9960
      @urticantspoon9960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Meet not meat unless your talking food.... random grammar police moment.

    • @DZ-1987
      @DZ-1987 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@urticantspoon9960 Bah, its fine, Sir Connor, leave it be.
      Bet he was hungry at the time anyway.

  • @tylerparkes4545
    @tylerparkes4545 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love yours and Blues Dialogue. Been watching him a while as well as Red, but, this was meta y'all looping the videos. Good stuff. Keep up the authentic and great videos

  • @harjutapa
    @harjutapa 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I enjoyed this thoroughly. An excellent video, and a new-to-me YT channel to devour. Woot!

  • @dustinb4286
    @dustinb4286 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "People don't like to die."
    "Murder is bad."
    - Shad

  • @pyro-toxin5102
    @pyro-toxin5102 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    i was hoping for animated Shad xD

  • @thearisen7301
    @thearisen7301 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was great! I do admit to watching more of Red's videos about tropes, etc, but Blue is awesomesauce as well.

  • @bumpinugly4985
    @bumpinugly4985 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the knowledge Shad, love these videos.

  • @Telsion
    @Telsion 7 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    That humour was great XD
    *and I wanna kill Spongebob Squarepants too >:)*

    • @Bysthedragon
      @Bysthedragon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      KILL SPONGBOB!

    • @MaladyKayjo
      @MaladyKayjo 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Telsion why

    • @handlebarfox2366
      @handlebarfox2366 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MaladyKayjo aversion therapy

    • @isaacgraff8288
      @isaacgraff8288 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      thumbs up to Shad for killing Spongebob. That alone made this an epic video

    • @Pyxis10
      @Pyxis10 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You fucking monster.
      You're going to let the other characters live!?

  • @letmepreachhisname2184
    @letmepreachhisname2184 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I came here to learn how to utilize kite shields in communication with offworldy species. This will be sufficient for the time being.
    edit: can't write

    • @Nrex117
      @Nrex117 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Border Bread Lol what?

  • @computercarnage113
    @computercarnage113 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video as always Shad!

  • @jeffreybogard2713
    @jeffreybogard2713 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All this educational content about Medieval and Classical warfare. Fantastic.

  • @ericdorland3707
    @ericdorland3707 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    At 2:00 I believe that artwork is depicting Crecy not Agincourt

    • @jellyrolls2765
      @jellyrolls2765 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Weren't the stakes just used at Agincourt? Though I agree, there isn't enough mud.

  • @lorenzolodge9535
    @lorenzolodge9535 7 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    You should play total war and as you do it correct I the inaccuracies.
    Like so he sees this.!
    Edit: he should play it with other historical TH-camrs.
    That would be heaven.

    • @escrivaodegalarran1098
      @escrivaodegalarran1098 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I dont think a game can be 100% accurate

    • @whiteeagle9769
      @whiteeagle9769 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They should do eu4 with me too

    • @TM-eo7mn
      @TM-eo7mn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lorenzo Lodge all the sword units😂

    • @TM-eo7mn
      @TM-eo7mn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lorenzo Lodge and of course fire arrows!

  • @karei2
    @karei2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A new video from Shad. Yay!
    And my shirts from TeeSpring arrived today! YAAAYYY! It's like Christmas being today! :D
    Now I must choose, which one I'll put on to watch this new video ^_^
    Got the LONGSWORD shirt and the DRAGONS shirt and they are totally awesome! I love them both

  • @anomalien6557
    @anomalien6557 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Shad is so passionate on what he is talking about. It's a great joy to listen to him speak.

  • @bdubbs
    @bdubbs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love that the first painting in the background is of the Blackfyre rebellion from GoT history.

    • @mayankbisht7691
      @mayankbisht7691 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      In book 6 the weather plays a key role

  • @caidrewett5530
    @caidrewett5530 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Shad= Awesome. Overly Sarcastic Productions= Awesome. Shad+ OSP =The BEST THING EVER!!!!

  • @LordMelusar
    @LordMelusar 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This topic reminded me of a book series I read in middle school, the Farsala Trilogy. One of the primary things in the first book was a large scale battle between two opposing nations, and the after effects of it. It's fantasy and has some magic, but when I read it I thought it approached things in a highly realistic manner. Shad, I personally think you might enjoy the books, so if you ever have any spare time, you might want to look into them.

  • @OrggsOrggs
    @OrggsOrggs 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was great! Really painted a picture. K vid idea..10 things to take back to that time. Time Travel. Nerd out matey. :) Or even ten items you would bring back to our time to keep.

  • @pcgaming4944
    @pcgaming4944 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I already know this is gonna be a good watch! 👍

  • @izzy1221
    @izzy1221 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This collab....I love it.

  • @santy6486
    @santy6486 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! Very informative and you helped me find a topic I'm very interested in!

  • @kevinhernandez769
    @kevinhernandez769 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Been a long time fan. now that im writing my own book, its been refreshing coming back through all these videos.

  • @patrickcoyle515
    @patrickcoyle515 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    great video shad

  • @_Drion_
    @_Drion_ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    you forgot to say that the use of heavy full plated cavalry is not only uniqe to the period but its also very much awsome

  • @wmylesw
    @wmylesw 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I quite like your cross overs with other TH-cam people. I feel they way you do them is tastefully done.

  • @Generic_Grunt
    @Generic_Grunt 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was an unlikely crossover, two of my favorite youtubers came together. My mind was blown seeing the thumbnail

  • @LadyKjell
    @LadyKjell 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "I know, I've been trying to kill Spongebob Squarepants for years." lmao

  • @cuinmanari
    @cuinmanari 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Cavalry - the medieval drive-by.

  • @kalabaster357
    @kalabaster357 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like that painting of Daemon The Black Dragon leading the charge at the Redgrassfield you have put in the beginning! :D

  • @nickbischoff2977
    @nickbischoff2977 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great collab, Shad!

  • @chrisg2739
    @chrisg2739 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Isn't the loss of 5-20 a win only if your loss of 5 is a smaller % of your total force in relation to the 20 is of the opposing force? I mean if you lose 5 of your 15 men vs the enemy losing 20 of their 100 statistically you lost.

    • @phantom3969
      @phantom3969 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      No you didn't... Unless those 15 were all you have during the whole "war"... Or if they were your elite cavalry and the enemy just lost peasants with farming tools...

    • @alejoreyes6012
      @alejoreyes6012 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well yes but if you fight a war outnumbered 5:1 you probably already lost

    • @victorunger
      @victorunger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No because a raid would not be such a high percentage of you force. You would only send 2 or 3 if that was your entire force. You only send out who you can afford to lose. Then if you cannot make headway. Wait it out or surrender.

  • @okaminodin4321
    @okaminodin4321 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Me today "Hum, let's see if there's something interesting in TH-cam, like a Shadiversity video, or a Overly Sarcastic video". Nice

  • @daklr2501
    @daklr2501 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    really have to appreciate the way shad carefully words some things to step around undesirable interpretation or just for the sake of being polite
    when I get to touchy or controversial subjects I'm usually rather unapologetic

  • @Noah-jx8qw
    @Noah-jx8qw 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this video. You should do more battle related videos!

  • @eldorados_lost_searcher
    @eldorados_lost_searcher 7 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    HELLO? IF YOU CAN SEE THIS, I'M STUCK IN AN INFINITE TIME LOOP BETWIXT TWO VIDEOS! SEND HELP!

    • @michaelbagley497
      @michaelbagley497 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Garret LeBuis Are you stuck in a mobile app or browser?

    • @kiddo6393
      @kiddo6393 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      I WILL
      Not help. I shall observe you as you lose your sanity, reaching out to me for help, knowing deep, deep in your mind that I will not.

    • @kiddo6393
      @kiddo6393 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      mr ez the poop I understood that reference

    • @jmk3178
      @jmk3178 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fucking RIP

    • @Pyxis10
      @Pyxis10 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Were sorry, we've missed your call. Unfortunately our mailbox is full. Goodbye.

  • @zacharyrandolph9396
    @zacharyrandolph9396 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    A colab for the ages

  • @ohitscheft8871
    @ohitscheft8871 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the collaboration I've always wanted

  • @DJSwankyCheese
    @DJSwankyCheese 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    So happy to see you and osp working together ^.^

  • @nealsterling8151
    @nealsterling8151 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Very insteresting. I've never realized that actual battles where very rare in Medieval times.
    Could it be said that sieges took their place in a certain sense?

  • @Dragens2
    @Dragens2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    that was so cool.

  • @jamessmall7850
    @jamessmall7850 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love OSP and I look forward to more collaborations between your channels!

  • @Troommate
    @Troommate 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really Interesting Break Down. Showing the difference between the three.

  • @JoakimfromAnka
    @JoakimfromAnka 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Those of us who watch Lindybeige already knew that battles were rare. :D

  • @Marcin_Pawlik
    @Marcin_Pawlik 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just yesterday found your channel and I want to just say I love it! And I have a question (for anyone who knows really). If I'm not confusing things, this channel is mostly focused on the later medieval, or true medieval, the one after year 1000, right? So I'm personally very interested in learning about early medieval or whatever name you prefer for the times about years 500-800. Do you know any good place on the internet (or a book) that I could learn about it from? I'm interested in the general view, things like everyday live, cieties, how did people fight and rule and all that in general. Anyone, anything?

    • @Akbar_and_Shaa
      @Akbar_and_Shaa 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      here and lindybiege Lind does a more a bit of everything

    • @Marcin_Pawlik
      @Marcin_Pawlik 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Akbar and Shaa Thank you, I will check it out later!

    • @Marcin_Pawlik
      @Marcin_Pawlik 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Adam Bierstedt I'm sure it will help, sounds like a good list of sources to start with. Thank you ever so much!

    • @thelordz33
      @thelordz33 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Where did the sources dude go?

  •  5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love these collaborations!

  • @TehDawg
    @TehDawg ปีที่แล้ว

    I have just discovered this channel and I am blown away by it, my son is severely autistic and the way you explain things next to an image is exactly how he can understand these kind of videos with his condition and he hasn’t stopped watching, he has an extremely short attention span and has never sat more than 10 seconds on a video. The emotion after losing his dog when we lost our house last year has broken him mentally and physically and it’s exhausting but we will not give up on him. Thankyou so much, I am crying.

  • @kaylew108
    @kaylew108 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how you used the painting of The Red Grass Field from the Blackfyre rebellion in the beginning ☺

    • @kalabaster357
      @kalabaster357 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kay Lew The Black Dragon in his full glory.

  • @killrelevantt1887
    @killrelevantt1887 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    love the vid btw as a youngling trying to learn history for a future career this helps allot

    • @Pinklewilly
      @Pinklewilly 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Just make sure you don't invade Russia this time.

    • @killrelevantt1887
      @killrelevantt1887 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      no ill just get some winter clothes before hand cause you cant not invade Russia HAVE YOU SEEN STALINS STACHE

    • @fionafiona1146
      @fionafiona1146 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      kilrelevant 1314 make sure they aren't made of cardboard [Austrians aren't the best allys to rely on [indifferent of your beliefs into shared tribal ancestory [or County of birth]]

    • @killrelevantt1887
      @killrelevantt1887 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      fiona fiona ok then appreciate the advice

  • @DrewLSsix
    @DrewLSsix 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Sorry shad, they beat you by 4 minutes....

  • @flynn659
    @flynn659 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    About Medieval charges by mounted knights, there was a battle called Battle of the Golden Spurs. This battle was fought in 1301 and a bunch of militia men armed with mainly jutendas, repelled against a French mounted charges. Many French Knights who chaged were pulled off their horses and beaten to death, including the general Artouis, forcing the rest of the army to route.

  • @valkyri3_452
    @valkyri3_452 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I subscribed to these two already and I just scrolling through his videos and boom they did a collab

  • @asalways1504
    @asalways1504 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Shad hath summoned me.

  • @commodoreluigi1596
    @commodoreluigi1596 7 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Total War anyone?

    • @lorenzolodge9535
      @lorenzolodge9535 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      kai lapreziosa
      Shad should play it.

    • @Noelwiz
      @Noelwiz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lorenzo Lodge considering his fantasy stuff right now, I'd like to see him talk a little about Warhammer Total War

    • @badtaste7415
      @badtaste7415 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Shad should try and design a castle for modern warfare

    • @Scriptedviolince
      @Scriptedviolince 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well, I don't imagine any castle would be very effective. The garrison though would be marvelously effective.

    • @justinthompson6364
      @justinthompson6364 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Blackrabbit Down Well, kind of. Modern castles are usually called bunkers.

  • @robertcurtis5911
    @robertcurtis5911 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Late to the party but I love the shot of Bodium Castle you have there. ( By far my favourite castle )

  • @-smp-scientificmethodpersp838
    @-smp-scientificmethodpersp838 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The commercial in the middle of the video was so good that I forgot I was watching this video and clicked off of it after the commercial was over lol I came back after looking over my search history and realizing what happened to watch the rest of the video and finally hit that like button after watching it 😂 gonna watch that new movie coming out though 😜 and Shad's gonna get a nice bonus for me not hitting the skip button on the commercial 😉

  • @SirAroace
    @SirAroace 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hey great video by the way it since you've covered Age of Empires 2 before I wonder if you could do a video comparing the four ages of Age of Empires 2 to the periods of medieval history.

  • @Huy-G-Le
    @Huy-G-Le 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    *People don't like to die, in conjunction, they don't like to wait for the respawn*
    ~Mordhau Player.

  • @jeova0sanctus0unus
    @jeova0sanctus0unus 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:00
    Its insights like these that i watch your Videos for.

  • @TerranMetal
    @TerranMetal 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    These crossovers were awesome!