The Castle Builders: Siege & Storm - How Castles Were Attacked & Defended | Free Documentary Histroy

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  • The Castles Builders - Episode 2: Siege & Storm - How Medieval Castles Were Attacked And Defended | History Documentary
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    This is the story of how the medieval castle fared under the attacks which it was designed to withstand. With thrilling dramatic reconstructions and state-of-the-art computer graphics, we see the castle in the heat of battle and show how it withstood the siege engines and mass assaults that this age of endless conflict threw at it.
    The finessing of castle defences was a process that took hundreds of years. From the stone keeps of the Normans, to the concentric walls of the later Middle Ages, and the “active defence” and architectural sophistication of citadels like Carcassonne in south-western France, the Castle Builders were always battling to keep the castle strong.
    As they faced siege and storm, they devised structures which confronted the enemy with layer after layer of defence and exposed them to deadly peril at every turn.
    We feature the Siege of Rochester in 1215, one of the bloodiest in English history, and one which revealed a crucial design fault in the great square stone keeps.
    A powerful citadel could underpin the authority of its lord, or establish the rule of a king over a new territory. But when a castle built by an invading king fell into the hands of a conquered people, it became a weapon turned against its own makers, a highly potent symbol of revolt. As we’ll see, that’s what happened in Wales in 1404.
    After centuries of dominance, the castle becomes vulnerable to artillery. The big guns of Oliver Cromwell’s New Model Army ended Royalist resistance in the English Civil War, and brought the end of an era for the castle.
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  • @Gsoda35
    @Gsoda35 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    It feels like I am watching a masterpiece documentary. Most appreciated!

  • @iDuckman
    @iDuckman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    +1 for the pictures and history. -1 for the social commentary.

  • @Ne0c225
    @Ne0c225 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    People today: Look at those tall towers! How romantic!
    Footmen 1000 years ago: *looking at the towers while praying to survive the siege*

  • @mustachesally4134
    @mustachesally4134 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Medieval ages have always fascinated me. Though my fantasization had stemmed from reading childrens books back when I was a wee child, playing wooden swords and shields against your friends and cousins somewhere in the woods, building "castle forts" with your friends and movies that inspire medieval ages. When you actually start to learn the medieval ages and the history of it all as an adult, it paints a different picture in your mind that not only medieval folks (regardless of which time period of that age) were actually down right smart and sophisticated. Its politics, however, have not changed. I am talking about how politics now inherits how politicians were back then vs now. It was always about business and the people who mattered were the ones with money and influence.

    • @FreeDocumentaryHistory
      @FreeDocumentaryHistory  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yep. That is a constant throughout all of history. So greed and corruption; two things we can always rely on.

    • @FreeDocumentaryHistory
      @FreeDocumentaryHistory  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh and I totally agree: smart and sophisticated. History is awesome.

    • @Hborn
      @Hborn 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is it cold in there

  • @Graceyoutube
    @Graceyoutube 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Je suis heureuse de vivre dans cette époque je ne voudrais pour rien au monde vivre dans le passé.

  • @frankcuoco1501
    @frankcuoco1501 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The roofs floors and any other wood pieces are always gone and it is a true sinking you feel in your heart for the magnificent buildings they were👊👊👊

  • @martinschulz9381
    @martinschulz9381 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great video. Boggles my mind the amount of manual labor that it took to manufacture the parts and build these castles.

    • @martinschulz9381
      @martinschulz9381 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@andypandy7769 Yeah labor was cheap, (actually it was free slave labor) but my point is is that it took a lot hard manual labor without the use of machines. Many people died building those castles and churches back then.
      I worked in construction building big structures and I know very well the value of machines. All of our parts were mass produced in mechanized factories.

  • @paxwallacejazz
    @paxwallacejazz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    That metallic shwing sound associated with drawing a sword is actually a Hollywood construct. A scabbard that made that sound would constantly dull your very expensive blade.

    • @liawweileong6036
      @liawweileong6036 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Good observations, I've never thought about that, if thats the case, what would a real scabbard mode out of?

    • @ukishnzer
      @ukishnzer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@liawweileong6036 Scabbards were made from wood. Sheathes were made from leather or some other fabric.

    • @morganmcnair6163
      @morganmcnair6163 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Unless the metal used to make the noise was designed to sharpen it, like a butcher’s knife and the rod he uses to maintain the edge

    • @Kronr
      @Kronr ปีที่แล้ว

      Metallica

    • @loriebel1867
      @loriebel1867 ปีที่แล้ว

      Duh

  • @gaurangpatel8234
    @gaurangpatel8234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you very much for uploading...❤️ From India

  • @twstf8905
    @twstf8905 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    It must be a blast to live somewhere where you can get a job re-enacting the people from the distant past for these kinds of documentary-style programs lol I swear, I see the same group of people in multiple ones sometimes. 👍

    • @petebeater668
      @petebeater668 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ÀaàA

    • @eijonasson
      @eijonasson ปีที่แล้ว

      Enact the slaughter of the people you are stealing land and hope from.
      Doesn't sound like fun or healthy amusement.
      Freakish.
      Have these victims ever received an apology or restitution? .

    • @thatoneweirdphoenix709
      @thatoneweirdphoenix709 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@eijonassonYou are joking, right?

    • @joshschneider9766
      @joshschneider9766 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@eijonassonhe's not joking and he's not wrong he's just a cynic. His world view is clouded by negativity this not allowing him to see the grandeur and majesty of the skilled work and artistry that went into these places. Yes it's true, for example, even today there are Welsh people that will not step inside any of the ring of iron castles and spit on the ground at their gates but mostly today Welsh people cherish the castles as a memory of times past. So don't let the negative people get you down man.

  • @georgejcking
    @georgejcking 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent Documentary!

  • @colombianflag717
    @colombianflag717 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great documentary 👏👏

  • @stefanvella9807
    @stefanvella9807 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    How the castle was built was very important but also those who defended mattered a lot, their leader, supplies, what army they're facing, what weapons etc.

  • @rexpayne7836
    @rexpayne7836 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent video.

  • @speakupriseup4549
    @speakupriseup4549 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very entertaining and enjoyable, thankyou.

  • @RichardBrennan46
    @RichardBrennan46 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best show ever!!!

  • @Aatell764
    @Aatell764 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I genuinely enjoy the duality that is engineers, people who design and construct things(creators) are the very people you enlist to destroy things. I imagine men who were in charge of running trebuchets were actually well respected men. I feel like at my own job I was picked out of the bunch because my employer after a few weeks knew I was intelligent so he gave me a raise and a position that only someone with wit and general intelligence could actually do with nay success. I imagine that's exactly how you would have decided to put a guy on a trebuchet crew "Hey take this guy with you and show him the ropes" its not just a matter of constructing and deconstructing the device but also maintaining it and learning mathematics of matching your counterweight to the projectile weight and distances. Just things that you wouldnt put a common "grunt" doing which at the time was likely a peasent farmer who has no clue what hes doing or even who hes fighting or why.

  • @TheSilmarillian
    @TheSilmarillian 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well worth the watch hello from Australia

  • @AddMehh
    @AddMehh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love histroy!

  • @annamosier1950
    @annamosier1950 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very good work

  • @wallabing
    @wallabing 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sieging or storming a fortified castle, you are always going to incur massive losses on your side as attackers. Castles are a extremely effective deterrent.

  • @yaddahaysmarmalite4059
    @yaddahaysmarmalite4059 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nice, How about a documentary on tower houses?

  • @boneheadgaming6051
    @boneheadgaming6051 ปีที่แล้ว

    Groovy...

  • @appalachian420grower5
    @appalachian420grower5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good documentary tbh

  • @juniorfio1196
    @juniorfio1196 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Freeze at 23:16:
    The leaning tower of Pisa is now a proven military tactic

  • @rajattiwari8226
    @rajattiwari8226 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    its a very good channel

  • @navalfa7291
    @navalfa7291 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    King in the castle, king in the castle...Wawaweewaa

  • @bcn1gh7h4wk
    @bcn1gh7h4wk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    as a frequent player of long-range support classes in war games, I can tell you, when it comes to fighting fortifications, they were attacked with cunning and skill, and defended with guts and balls.
    I've been on both sides of the wall, and there's no wall that can help you when the attacker has mortars.
    .....or, rocket launchers.... whichever you fancy.

    • @synvolatris8679
      @synvolatris8679 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What games?

    • @bcn1gh7h4wk
      @bcn1gh7h4wk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@synvolatris8679 Combat Arms, TF2, World Of Tanks, AOE2, World In Conflict...
      World In Conflict was where I developed my support playstyle. Nobody had anticipated the use of support helicopters as a front line weapon!

    • @gmac8852
      @gmac8852 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I always cheat and use nukes.

    • @thatoneweirdphoenix709
      @thatoneweirdphoenix709 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bcn1gh7h4wkI like to play Foxhole. If you haven’t seen it, I would totally check it out!

  • @hoviksmail
    @hoviksmail ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is going to be useful info after WW3

  • @joshschneider9766
    @joshschneider9766 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    6:58
    What a public playground those lucky kids enjoyed! Puts my city park in Chicago to shame lol. I would very much like to know what specific castle that is if anyone knows

    • @TheJusnic82
      @TheJusnic82 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I believe that is Cité de Carcassonne

    • @joshschneider9766
      @joshschneider9766 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@TheJusnic82yanno what I see roman and medieval in it and the touch of restoration work. I think you must be right.

  • @Pdtken
    @Pdtken 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Does anyone know what song is played via the violin? example: timestamp starting 4:23 - 5:00 violin and piano.

  • @douglassauvageau7262
    @douglassauvageau7262 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In the engineering contest between kinetics and stationary fortifications, kinetics always wins.

  • @cleverusername9369
    @cleverusername9369 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    14:40 that music is from the "Saving Private Ryan" soundtrack lol that's an interesting choice.

  • @tonylam9548
    @tonylam9548 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It is not accurate saying canons made castles obsolete because the stone walls cannot stand the impacts.The more accurate picture is only the attackers have canons a very one sided fight. Not until the Vauban forts (Starting 1660?) did they start putting canons inside forts for defense. If you make the situation equal, by having canons inside castles, with lots of ammo, that would take some moderate design changes , better still a few 82 mm mortars, I don't care how many canons or trebuchets you have, you will not be able to get near them, the castle will not fall.

  • @ThirteenthDiget
    @ThirteenthDiget 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The keep a/k/a panic room.

  • @mojobudgiekayakfishing
    @mojobudgiekayakfishing 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    28:00 "freed" !!! Carcassonne from the Cathar heresy.. what a blithe statement. Raimond-Roger Trencavel rolls in his grave.

  • @James-kv6kb
    @James-kv6kb ปีที่แล้ว

    Really enjoyed this and thank you for showing us footage instead of cartoons like its some sort of glorified bloody video game.

  • @shopshop144
    @shopshop144 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The stone castle, it sounds like a perfect jail where the prisoners got to first build the jail, then willingly wall themselves in. It seems like the outsiders had all the advantages.

    • @patricklenigan4309
      @patricklenigan4309 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      To an extent, you are correct, but, don't forget defender or attacker, a siege was a costly affair on both sides... and most of the losses, that were not caused by disease or desertion, on the attackers side were usually caused by a defenders' sallying out to try to break the siege, or create set backs for the attacker.

  • @newcastlemusicstudios
    @newcastlemusicstudios 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Anyone know the name of the Music???

  • @mcm8737
    @mcm8737 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great documentary, but have I been spelling defense wrong my whole life? Or is defence a different word or meaning??

  • @UnicornGamingRX03
    @UnicornGamingRX03 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Compared to castles in east asia, Japan had some formidable castles like Odawara, Himeji and Osaka. They use stone as a main base and soil to fill the tiers of the castle layered defenses. Since Japan sits near the earthquake fault line, the structures had to be in wood with movable parts. The design of the Tenshu differs from european castles but still dangerous, many good stories come from the Japanese castles. Free doco could do some content on Japanese Castles.

  • @Olifantenstaart
    @Olifantenstaart ปีที่แล้ว

    19:28 Ladies & Lords, behold Minas Morgul

  • @gervankempen8721
    @gervankempen8721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why does that one musical piece feel like the imperial march?????

  • @mattpavey3062
    @mattpavey3062 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I want one CASTLE IN ENGLAND AND IM GUNNA CRUSH THE OPPOSTION WITH A MASSIVE DEF POS TO UPGRADE THIS TO SHOWCASE THIS POWER

  • @philipking8497
    @philipking8497 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wonderful, no wonder the peasants are revolting.

    • @philipwebb960
      @philipwebb960 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, the peasants were very revolting.

  • @gibbsm
    @gibbsm 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    isn't it awkward for the current Cold Stream Guards? the whole Cromwell bit?

  • @annamosier1950
    @annamosier1950 ปีที่แล้ว

    The castles and the video both

  • @craigdutton6072
    @craigdutton6072 ปีที่แล้ว

    They had better skills to build than we could muster today with what we have 😂💪

    • @fizzmoe9846
      @fizzmoe9846 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Untrue. Modern concrete and steel structures are far superior. Ridiculous romanticism is what you’re doing

  • @katewolcott6149
    @katewolcott6149 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why was the Norman prince bishop black? Was that accurate.

  • @saxo9266
    @saxo9266 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    My god the music at 24:40 is epic, anyone know the name? I tried with sound recognition apps but no luck.

    • @dingusdingus2152
      @dingusdingus2152 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's all just generic epic music, there are lots of these on TH-cam, you can listen to them until your ears fall off

  • @candycee8634
    @candycee8634 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "History" is spelled wrong in the title of this video

    • @itmademesignup9508
      @itmademesignup9508 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's the English spelling.
      Say this phonetically - "Wot? Ye dun like ya histroy?" - and see how English you sound.

  • @jeremygoosey6938
    @jeremygoosey6938 ปีที่แล้ว

    Far too many ads. Ads are harassment.

  • @jackrorystaunton4557
    @jackrorystaunton4557 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good content but the cinematography is nauseating (e.g. constant use of panning overly tight shots) and makes this series literally unwatchable.

  • @Mister_Holdsworth
    @Mister_Holdsworth 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You say "The word siege means seat" and you explain that's when the army waits. Then a few minutes later you go on to say the siege was the bloodiest in history. How do the two correlate?

    • @watermelon2223
      @watermelon2223 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was only the bloodiest because of the conclusion, the majority of the siege was uneventful but the end was very bloody

    • @Mister_Holdsworth
      @Mister_Holdsworth ปีที่แล้ว

      @@watermelon2223 I'm guessing my point was if siege is the sitting and waiting part of a battle then how can "the siege" have been the bloodiest in history?
      I think he meant the battle that ensued after the siege part was the bloodiest but I could be wrong.

    • @watermelon2223
      @watermelon2223 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mister_Holdsworth idk lol I guess the killing of enemy troops was like the conclusion of a siege

  • @doylekitchen9795
    @doylekitchen9795 ปีที่แล้ว

    Simon de Montfort spent his time acquiring lands to build a dynasty in Southern France, not chasing Cathar heretics. He left that up to the Dominicans. He was fighting Catholics for land.
    The siege of Toulouse where Simon was killed was manned by Catholics, not heretics! The most perfect part of his death was that it was from a rock hurled by a Mangonel operated by women. 😄

  • @FT099
    @FT099 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    A lot of "Darth Vader music" going on in this segment lol

  • @fullsendcirca9255
    @fullsendcirca9255 ปีที่แล้ว

    Living in a castle was probably one of the worst experiences ever. Could you imagine the smell of fresh feces putrefying the very air you breath? No wonder the rich had homes in the country side.

  • @markjob6354
    @markjob6354 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    *Amature battle re-creation scenes detract from this documentary series. Shots of grimacing models dressed up as kings and Lords also look amaturish, and serve no real purpose.*

  • @coltonreal210
    @coltonreal210 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    But recents of people that believe in reincarnation see the cat people in the castles.

  • @barryt2970
    @barryt2970 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    G

  • @jfjkdkjfj
    @jfjkdkjfj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Get rid of all the damn ads!!!!!!!!

    • @FreeDocumentaryHistory
      @FreeDocumentaryHistory  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If we got rid of "all the damn ads!!!!!!!" this channel wouldn't exist.

  • @tewa7540
    @tewa7540 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    ;

  • @andrej1659
    @andrej1659 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Jesus rose from dead

  • @waterbird91
    @waterbird91 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Humans were so violent in those days. Nothing's changed, they still are. The human race doesn't impress when it comes to constant wars caused by overpopulation and the need for power and dominance. Humans are territorial, they will always fight.

  • @Samady95
    @Samady95 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the wonderful documentary, but you could make it shorter 👌,
    Thanks.

    • @wendyc1658
      @wendyc1658 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Why make it shorter? If anything the could be longer. No ones fault but yours that you can't concentrate long enough to watch one that only goes for 48 minutes 🙄 Click over to the cartoon channel, might suit you better 😏

    • @Samady95
      @Samady95 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@wendyc1658 hehehe thanks for your long comment 😉, Yes will watch cartoons with you together 😋.
      Thanks.

    • @DramaMustRemainOnTheStage
      @DramaMustRemainOnTheStage 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Samady95 hahaha great comeback

  • @zaidanaldzakir2008
    @zaidanaldzakir2008 ปีที่แล้ว

    @rekaputri.official @aqiss and family

  • @zlywilk4975
    @zlywilk4975 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    albno zgnij

  • @jimjohns9595
    @jimjohns9595 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So I had to check and see if this was the same episode I watched before because MOST of this show is identical to episode one of the same series. This documentary sucks and I am not going to waste the time to watch any more of this or any other episodes. I wish I could block this uploader.

  • @eijonasson
    @eijonasson ปีที่แล้ว

    Thieving is far from being a good topic for education or entertainment. Despicable !