It's incredible that a small church cared enough about lepers to give them any opportunity to participate in the services. My understanding was that many communities isolated lepers, but this seems to not be the case.
l live and work in NYC l listen to your playlist as l use the subway ,or more correctly , it uses us. Your voice is like a balm on the daily wounds... l wish you had an audio book.
Just discovered your channel, absolutely love history of churches having worked in a few in south west, a fascination i never would've thought would interet me. Anyway thank-you you're a breath of fresh air.
Wonderful! It's touching to learn that sufferers were able to observe in this way, when you consider that in the covid scourge we were not allowed to walk about in a supermarket excepting that it was according to the dictats of an imbecile with a load of plastic arrows. I like the stuff that resides somewhere between outside and inside Art, like the miserecords at Beverley Minster, a 186ft twin tower Norman Gothic masterpiece in my home town. They depict (sometimes VERY) secular scenes, which have to be seen to be believed.. Also there, carved into the woodwork are little mice, the trademark of the famous 'Mousie' Thompson, who's descendants live at Beverley to this day. I really enjoyed this, keep it up please! 🌟👍
a geographic medieval graffiti society, so specific and so perfect. I am reminded of how the graffiti on Colstons statue will be immortalised too. Graffiti is so underrated and important.
@@lady_of_the_mercians One must admit that would be an interesting thesis topic, Historical graffiti throughout the ages and to consider it's such a vast subject.One would really have to concentrate on a specific era.
The only difference between vandalism and history is about 100 years. Which is why I never scoff when fools vandalise things nowadays. As long as it isn't destroyed, it's a story for people down the line.
Dear Charlotte ... I've just discovered your channel and you are now one of my fav presenters 😊 (the others being Lucy Worsley and Wm Shatner) . I've subbed, Thank you for your work and be well!
Some of my relatives lived in Englishcombe, & my uncle was a churchwarden of St. Peter's until he died in 2006, and I recall attending my cousin's wedding there in 1988 (from Australia). I remember the Norman detailing and the spyholes being shown to me. As a bellringer, I was quite sad at the dilapidated condition of the bells in the tower. Uncle Bill left some money as a bequest to have them restored, but they are sitting in the queue of projects to be completed, 15 years after it was granted.
I'm so jealous. Being American, I can't see any of this history of my ancestors in my country. My ancestry goes back to England and Scotland and I can't see any of it where I am. I have to get a silly passport and book a plane ride. You can just hop in a car and go down the street. I'm so jealous. To sit where someone with leprosy sat and to look through the same window they looked through... that gives me chills and I am experiencing it third hand through the internet. The graffiti is another one. There's the obvious cross cut into the stone but to me it looked like there was a much older, fainter one just above it. I wish I had the money to be able to come see this stuff myself. The best I can do is to visit Jamestown, Virginia which goes back to 1607. So jealous. :)
I feel you - there are so many places I’d love to travel to, but can’t get the money and time. For me, the biggest would be Ravenna in Italy, which has the most gorgeous mosaics. I studied them for half a year, but have never seen them in person
@@lady_of_the_mercians I just looked up Ravenna. Wow. The dome of the basilica is gorgeous. I'm adding it to my list along with the church in your video. One day. :)
. ROME is worth a visit. The Pantheon was a Roman Temple re-purposed as an early church, which saved it from destruction, rather like St. Martin's in Canterbury, as seen in one of your videos.
No matter what tiktok say about your videos or people I love your affort and appreciate it Charlotte. Those details you explains catch my eyes to know more
Brilliant, thank you. Beautifully narrated and informative, a breath of fresh air in these smoggy times. Have subscribed. Be lucky and keep 'em coming!
Thank you for, once again, providing a view of a world we didn’t know existed. It was an important lesson on leprosy and the widespread, terrible emotional cost of the disease. Thank you for bringing a little light into their lives.
As a 65 year old American who has studied history practically all of her life, I can honestly say that I find your videos to be quite enjoyable! You pack a lot of content into your videos and you notice things that I would - things that a normal guide would glance over or omit entirely because they're not sure what they are! It's things like those that make history fascinating! I am subscribed now to your channel. I loved your video on this very cool church! If you feel awkward about ending longer videos, just try saying a gentle thanks and let your music take over for a few bars. You've kept me engaged on every one of them that I've seen though, so I hope that your confidence will build into longer ones soon! Thank you for doing this one! Please take care now! 😊
@nancyholcombe8030. You obviously dont realise how rude you are to the hostess with your comments: “I find your videos to be quite enjoyable”! And “you notice things that I would - things that a normal guide would glance over”. But this comment from you is beyond conceited… “If you feel awkward about ending longer videos, just try saying a gentle thanks and let your music take over for a few bars. I hope that your confidence will build into longer ones soon”! How dare you! You are the reason why Americans are generally not liked around the world.
Thank you for this illuminating video. I enjoyed Bath immensely on my two visits. But, as all you videos do, this made me wonder why I don't just move from California to the British Isles & spend the rest of my life exploring!
I was born and raised in Brandlehow Wood near Keswick Cumbria ... somehow at age 9 with no encouragement (my parents were anti - everything except discipline 😞) I became fascinated with Olde Englande, and even tho I'm now stuck in USA it's never faded . I'm VERY grateful for content like this, thanks always Charlotte!
I do , Really appreciate you doing all these videos,😎💯👌💥.. I have always enjoyed you guys' history of the older mid evil buildings and all the crazy stories of your kings and queens of the past
It is so important 📝to keep alive the knowledge of these places📃 .The risk is we end up plastering over our past.. Bristol and Bath suffered more through demolition,than through wartime bombing 💣
It is wonderful to see such a beautiful, scholarly, extremely well read woman who can present history so well. Absolutely delightful. Thank you for your work.
We take our health for granted so easily these days, so few illnesses truly scare us. Compared with our ancestors who could see their death in something is minor as a scratch. For something like Leprosy I can't imagine how much fear it must have created, seeing everyone around you back away in fear, that fear turning into anger and hatred, blaming you for your illness, calling you unclean a monster. Thankfully our ancestors could also be kind and compassionate, while charity is seldom enough to combat the issues they face, then and now, it is always good to know that compassion has ever been a part of the Human soul, even if it struggles to shine the brightest. Love the video thank you, the graffiti was a very interesting touch too, truly Human nature has not changed, heck we have ancient Roman graffiti about having a big member, so yeah Humans will Human XD Thanks for this one as always. :)
Picturesque church I have sighted,it had beautiful medieval times white wall,and signed and stamps on the wall,it looked like as if I have come to Serene place. The spring having the water where lepors get themselves cured ,it's by God,who cures all sorts of disease,my personal experience. By and large I love the video
Descendants of the de Gournays of Englishcombe are neighbours of mine, here in Australia! I'm not sure early congregations would be "sitting" separately from any lepers as you suggest ... seating for anybody other than the lords of the manor and misericords for ageing clergy were late innovations, mostly post-Reformation. R (Australia)
God bless, good work, I’m an American from the USA and am very interested in the English Sub Roman period and the period directly following Hastings…..so few resources, I’d love to hear you cover such topics, god bless
So much of our daily lives here in Sussex is still structured around those periods. Sussex was a separate Kingdom that retained some if its own identity even after the Norman invasion. Its proximity to London and independent thought made it a potential source of insurrection, so it was heavily garrisoned right up to WW II. Our medieval church has a similar viewing window onto the altar, but not for lepers but lollards - early protestants that were active more than a hundred years before Luther. The church has a lollards tower, effectively a prison attached to the side of the chancel.
If you get the chance, come up North and take a look at All Saints church in Darfield, S.Yorks. Eleventh century Saxon and Norman construction with an amazing graveyard.
Attendance at Mass was treated with far more seriousness back then that it is today, so I guess these lepers may have seen it as a charity to be able to attend at all. Social sensibilities were different, with older codes of canon law stipulating segregation of those in certain degrees of sin and so on. Some would not even be allowed into the Mass or had to sit at the back if they were undergoing long term penance.
I say this with all the respect in the world and I'm genuinely not trying to criticize: your next step as a TH-camr should probably be a lavalier mic with a wind sock. It will pick up your voice more clearly and minimize the echoes in beautiful old buildings. This was a good video, and covered an interesting topic!
I wouldn’t be able to produce enough content, unfortunately - I work 40hr weeks so one 1 min short is often all I can string together. Maybe when I have more free time, though!
Alot of people don't know that quarantine is an ancient idea. Tribes in Africa that have been around for a long time before people built big cities. If you come across roads and trails blocked with downed trees or other low tech items in Africa proceed with caution.
I’m a 80 year old man that loves history. I always look forward to your videos.
Thank you, for making my day.
Grateful for a full video! The shorts are a bit too... short!
Intellectual TH-cam, what a lovely change. Keep up the great work ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thank you! I hope to improve my video editing skills this year...
@@lady_of_the_merciansI'd say do a live video fundraiser
It's been here all along! :)
@DeaDiabola I've been a fan for ages, she's amazing. Concise and engaging.
@@t-at-driver. For sure, there are LOT of paleontology channels etc. if you are interested in that as well!
Absolutely love this; intelligent, classy, and extremely relaxing! I’d watch a 2-hour version of this!
This Texan completely agrees!🦬🇺🇸
Since you enjoy her videos..try watching a few videos by ALICE LOXTON..a fellow Brit to this young Lady!
It's incredible that a small church cared enough about lepers to give them any opportunity to participate in the services. My understanding was that many communities isolated lepers, but this seems to not be the case.
you're a brilliant storyteller, absolutely love your videos 🩷
The tone of voice of all her videos is fantastic, relaxing and learning at the same time
You have a very beautiful voice and speak english very eliquintly. Very charming I must say. I love listening to it. ( Pieter van der Linde)
What a lovely presenter I hope she doesn't stop
I love how much I learn from your videos. Thank you for sharing!
lovely videos.
love to see them on the weekend and relax.
cheers from a south american viewer.
Thank you! (I’ve always wanted to visit South America, but I’ll have to wait until I’m a rich and famous historian 😉)
@@lady_of_the_mercians =)
you're invited 🤗🌹
l live and work in NYC l listen to your playlist as l use the subway ,or more correctly , it uses us. Your voice is like a balm on the daily wounds... l wish you had an audio book.
Just discovered your channel, absolutely love history of churches having worked in a few in south west, a fascination i never would've thought would interet me. Anyway thank-you you're a breath of fresh air.
Every so often something wonderful comes along and your videos are an excellent example. Thank you
Wonderful! It's touching to learn that sufferers were able to observe in this way, when you consider that in the covid scourge we were not allowed to walk about in a supermarket excepting that it was according to the dictats of an imbecile with a load of plastic arrows.
I like the stuff that resides somewhere between outside and inside Art, like the miserecords at Beverley Minster, a 186ft twin tower Norman Gothic masterpiece in my home town. They depict (sometimes VERY) secular scenes, which have to be seen to be believed.. Also there, carved into the woodwork are little mice, the trademark of the famous 'Mousie' Thompson, who's descendants live at Beverley to this day.
I really enjoyed this, keep it up please! 🌟👍
a geographic medieval graffiti society, so specific and so perfect. I am reminded of how the graffiti on Colstons statue will be immortalised too. Graffiti is so underrated and important.
I’m working on a brief history of Bristol’s graffiti 😉 coming soon!
@@lady_of_the_mercians
One must admit that would be an interesting thesis topic, Historical graffiti throughout the ages and to consider it's such a vast subject.One would really have to concentrate on a specific era.
The only difference between vandalism and history is about 100 years.
Which is why I never scoff when fools vandalise things nowadays. As long as it isn't destroyed, it's a story for people down the line.
Great video, always love seeing old grafiti
Dear Charlotte ... I've just discovered your channel and you are now one of my fav presenters 😊 (the others being Lucy Worsley and Wm Shatner) . I've subbed, Thank you for your work and be well!
I enjoyed this very much! You are a wonderful presenter.
Thank you so much!
You're welcome! @@lady_of_the_mercians
If only TV were of this quality. It would be worth the licence fee.
Your channel feels like the next best thing to being transported back in time. Love it.
Some of my relatives lived in Englishcombe, & my uncle was a churchwarden of St. Peter's until he died in 2006, and I recall attending my cousin's wedding there in 1988 (from Australia). I remember the Norman detailing and the spyholes being shown to me. As a bellringer, I was quite sad at the dilapidated condition of the bells in the tower. Uncle Bill left some money as a bequest to have them restored, but they are sitting in the queue of projects to be completed, 15 years after it was granted.
I like watching videos by this young lady as well as Alice Loxton!! Both are excellent presenters!
I would love a longer video.
I'm so jealous. Being American, I can't see any of this history of my ancestors in my country. My ancestry goes back to England and Scotland and I can't see any of it where I am. I have to get a silly passport and book a plane ride. You can just hop in a car and go down the street. I'm so jealous. To sit where someone with leprosy sat and to look through the same window they looked through... that gives me chills and I am experiencing it third hand through the internet. The graffiti is another one. There's the obvious cross cut into the stone but to me it looked like there was a much older, fainter one just above it. I wish I had the money to be able to come see this stuff myself. The best I can do is to visit Jamestown, Virginia which goes back to 1607. So jealous. :)
I feel you - there are so many places I’d love to travel to, but can’t get the money and time. For me, the biggest would be Ravenna in Italy, which has the most gorgeous mosaics. I studied them for half a year, but have never seen them in person
@@lady_of_the_mercians I just looked up Ravenna. Wow. The dome of the basilica is gorgeous. I'm adding it to my list along with the church in your video. One day. :)
. ROME is worth a visit. The Pantheon was a Roman Temple re-purposed as an early church, which saved it from destruction, rather like St. Martin's in Canterbury, as seen in one of your videos.
Just found this channel. Really like it! Best wishes from Limerick.
Lovely, soothing, video
That was really good as i knew about the church and the healing of the water as i am only down the road in Bristol .
I think Bristol’s warm springs (or… hot wells) are vastly underappreciated! We deserve our own spa
@@lady_of_the_mercians That is very true but to me the council don't want to know about them .
You do great work!
Thank you!
Excellent video as always!
You create beautiful videos, after wonderful research. Catching up on old ones. Thank you 🧡
No matter what tiktok say about your videos or people I love your affort and appreciate it Charlotte. Those details you explains catch my eyes to know more
Brilliant, thank you. Beautifully narrated and informative, a breath of fresh air in these smoggy times. Have subscribed. Be lucky and keep 'em coming!
Thank you for, once again, providing a view of a world we didn’t know existed. It was an important lesson on leprosy and the widespread, terrible emotional cost of the disease. Thank you for bringing a little light into their lives.
I really enjoy and appreciate your videos. They are extremely informative.
As a 65 year old American who has studied history practically all of her life, I can honestly say that I find your videos to be quite enjoyable! You pack a lot of content into your videos and you notice things that I would - things that a normal guide would glance over or omit entirely because they're not sure what they are! It's things like those that make history fascinating! I am subscribed now to your channel. I loved your video on this very cool church! If you feel awkward about ending longer videos, just try saying a gentle thanks and let your music take over for a few bars. You've kept me engaged on every one of them that I've seen though, so I hope that your confidence will build into longer ones soon! Thank you for doing this one! Please take care now! 😊
@nancyholcombe8030.
You obviously dont realise how rude you are to the hostess with your comments: “I find your videos to be quite enjoyable”! And “you notice things that I would - things that a normal guide would glance over”. But this comment from you is beyond conceited…
“If you feel awkward about ending longer videos, just try saying a gentle thanks and let your music take over for a few bars.
I hope that your confidence will build into longer ones soon”! How dare you!
You are the reason why Americans are generally not liked around the world.
Thank you for this illuminating video. I enjoyed Bath immensely on my two visits. But, as all you videos do, this made me wonder why I don't just move from California to the British Isles & spend the rest of my life exploring!
Don't forget to bring your umbrella.
I love this kind of video content.
I was born and raised in Brandlehow Wood near Keswick Cumbria ... somehow at age 9 with no encouragement (my parents were anti - everything except discipline 😞) I became fascinated with Olde Englande, and even tho I'm now stuck in USA it's never faded . I'm VERY grateful for content like this, thanks always Charlotte!
That was marvelous, and the history was wonderful thank you so much and the church was a lovely historical church
Love your channel. So beautiful. Thank you.
Super relaxing! Just found your videos, very interesting.
I do , Really appreciate you doing all these videos,😎💯👌💥.. I have always enjoyed you guys' history of the older mid evil buildings and all the crazy stories of your kings and queens of the past
Knowing the graffiti was for protection on a crusade recontextualizes everything ive seen scrawled in a public restroom
Some people are having dark moments in there 😔🍀
@@lady_of_the_merciansMoments or movements? 😁
They're just going through the motions...@@michaelmcfarland1716
You should think about setting up a touring business of these medieval sites. You're the perfect host for such an enterprise 😊
Amazing as always ❤️
Thank you for watching!
Thank you for this lovely, informative, and beautifully paced video!
Thank you!
It is so important 📝to keep alive the knowledge of these places📃 .The risk is we end up plastering over our past.. Bristol and Bath suffered more through demolition,than through wartime bombing 💣
I think too many places are silently renovated, too! There needs to be a lot more signage so people can appreciate the beauty of the cities ☺️
Enjoyable and informative thankyou
Thank you for watching! ☺️
I live near the ruins of Lepa hospital. This was so lovely. 🎉
Your voice is so peacefull.
Leprosy in Somerset is my favourite 80's goth band.
Voice as excellent as ever!
I’m glad! (It feels several octaves deeper after my illness… 😂)
That was lovely, very interesting to a history student 😃
Love your pieces. Thank you.
Great music as always!
Glad you enjoy! It’s generic copyright free lute music, but I’m thinking of recording my own ambient track when I’m better at the lute 😉
Brill vid as always!
Know a lot of them places, but not the history. The narrative though, that gets you thinking, draws you in!
Gem of a channel
It is wonderful to see such a beautiful, scholarly, extremely well read woman who can present history so well. Absolutely delightful. Thank you for your work.
Just found you channel! Keep it up! It’s lovely! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Love your videos, and you do have a lovely soothing voice.
Lovely and very interesting building. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Good to see my locale, even more so for the macabre and morbid history!
Cool 😎 video!
I could almost smell the inside of the church...I'm lucky enough to have a 13th century church nearby with beautiful wall paintings
Fascinating, I've never heard of a leper's squint or that it goes by a different name. Very interesting video keep up the great work
God teases around, wow baby did such a good work putting together such a good video! Filled with truths!
Absolutely amazing
Thank you!!! History input❤
I’m glad you enjoyed ♥️
Left me wanting more...... amazing
Thank you 😊
Awesome travel..every stone talk us its incredible and fascinating history..silent witnesses of dark ages
fantastic video keep ot up !!!
Thank you! ♥️
Love the content love the channel
We take our health for granted so easily these days, so few illnesses truly scare us. Compared with our ancestors who could see their death in something is minor as a scratch. For something like Leprosy I can't imagine how much fear it must have created, seeing everyone around you back away in fear, that fear turning into anger and hatred, blaming you for your illness, calling you unclean a monster. Thankfully our ancestors could also be kind and compassionate, while charity is seldom enough to combat the issues they face, then and now, it is always good to know that compassion has ever been a part of the Human soul, even if it struggles to shine the brightest.
Love the video thank you, the graffiti was a very interesting touch too, truly Human nature has not changed, heck we have ancient Roman graffiti about having a big member, so yeah Humans will Human XD
Thanks for this one as always. :)
'Leprosy In Somerset'. Sounds like the name of a bad 1980s anarchist punk band!
😂😂😂😂
Picturesque church I have sighted,it had beautiful medieval times white wall,and signed and stamps on the wall,it looked like as if I have come to Serene place.
The spring having the water where lepors get themselves cured ,it's by God,who cures all sorts of disease,my personal experience.
By and large I love the video
Thank you for encouraging
thank you
Extremely interesting thank you
these are very good, could you one on the Gaveston cross?
Excellent, some sites near my home I need to check out
Descendants of the de Gournays of Englishcombe are neighbours of mine, here in Australia! I'm not sure early congregations would be "sitting" separately from any lepers as you suggest ... seating for anybody other than the lords of the manor and misericords for ageing clergy were late innovations, mostly post-Reformation. R (Australia)
They would love to drive to town, but they kept on leaving their foot on the accelerator.
God bless, good work, I’m an American from the USA and am very interested in the English Sub Roman period and the period directly following Hastings…..so few resources, I’d love to hear you cover such topics, god bless
So much of our daily lives here in Sussex is still structured around those periods. Sussex was a separate Kingdom that retained some if its own identity even after the Norman invasion. Its proximity to London and independent thought made it a potential source of insurrection, so it was heavily garrisoned right up to WW II. Our medieval church has a similar viewing window onto the altar, but not for lepers but lollards - early protestants that were active more than a hundred years before Luther. The church has a lollards tower, effectively a prison attached to the side of the chancel.
@@glynnwright1699 wow very very very fascinating, thank you for sharing……can tou recommend a good youtube channel That covers such, god bless
I didn't realise it was a bacterial infection. How sad that it wasn't understood.
Thank you. Hope you get well soon. That darn ring of power will be the death of us all.
Some wounds go too deep (into my lungs)
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If you get the chance, come up North and take a look at All Saints church in Darfield, S.Yorks. Eleventh century Saxon and Norman construction with an amazing graveyard.
Just googled it - that looks incredible! Will have to take a detour next time I’m up there
Initial pulse: 84. Pulse after watching this video: 63.
I never heard this history of Bath before! But wasn't it a Roman settlement before British?
Attendance at Mass was treated with far more seriousness back then that it is today, so I guess these lepers may have seen it as a charity to be able to attend at all. Social sensibilities were different, with older codes of canon law stipulating segregation of those in certain degrees of sin and so on. Some would not even be allowed into the Mass or had to sit at the back if they were undergoing long term penance.
I wonder how the disease care differed in the church and hospital environments.
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I say this with all the respect in the world and I'm genuinely not trying to criticize: your next step as a TH-camr should probably be a lavalier mic with a wind sock. It will pick up your voice more clearly and minimize the echoes in beautiful old buildings. This was a good video, and covered an interesting topic!
Hello beautiful ❤❤❤
I will like this
I will thank you!
I like this
Bravo, my Lady Aethelflaed!
This is absolutely gorgeous. I love your channel so very much! Please tell me you've a Patreon or the like?
I wouldn’t be able to produce enough content, unfortunately - I work 40hr weeks so one 1 min short is often all I can string together. Maybe when I have more free time, though!
Alot of people don't know that quarantine is an ancient idea. Tribes in Africa that have been around for a long time before people built big cities. If you come across roads and trails blocked with downed trees or other low tech items in Africa proceed with caution.
Whats happened to lepers? I dont see many of them these days
antibiotics.
@@crazystarwarsguy1006 😁
There’s the knowledge of good and knowledge of evil and look at how our world is right now. The good ones choose goodness.