wow cool. i kinda think living in midevil times would be cool with all the castles and queens and kings and all the swords and armor. But not torture and sicknesses. Also not too many cures to diseases. But it seems interesting.
Well the middle ages had its ups and downs. I'm sure, if what happening to Europe today(multiculturalism, islamization and treason) would happen back then there would be heads rolling en masse.
I wish that mentality with a sense of selfpreservation would still be among us Europeans.
And to those that say the medieval era was a cultural darkness, you are in many ways wrong.
Myabe it wasnt the best time to live, really nasty place, alot of diseases, and maybe you the life spand was 30 years or such, but I dont care, I would love to live in that time hehe
@Dompiestompie - according to wiki they did: "The instrument has been known by its modern name at least since the 14th century." Amazing what you can learn from the Internet today.
WOW THIS STUFF REALLY ROXX OUT;WHO SAID THERE WAS NO MERRY MAKIN' BACK THEN..... This robust little tune really has something quite dekicate and emotive behind it......Where's me krumple horn when I need it ! thanx for sharing this dude .........
"High culture" Compared to what other culture? More so, how do you define a high culture or even more importantly what do we define as a high culture? So a few dudes could paint big whoop there a reaosn that timline was also called the dark ages; devoid of light, enlightment, creativity and advancemnet. Try more like the Roman Empire or the Aztec and Mayans or even ancient Egypt.
@Willshires I couldnt disagree more. There were many advancements. It was more than "a few dudes" painting. All the cultures you mentioned crashed and burned for all their light, creativity, and advancement. If you think this period is about a few paintings, youre sadly mistaken.
Now does that make the Roman Empire any better? Maybe not in the end they fell but just look at ALL the things that they left behind, how immensly they impacted the world as well as still today it is one of the most talked about subjects in history. In fact, the roman way of life, law, judicial systems, etc, are still part of the entire wolrd today they were the ones that later on inspired the middleages as well as the renaissance...but its deeper than that but too little space,
Well yeah.. it's called entropy no empire or culture can last forever. Obviously they crashed, but it was more of lust and greed as to why it crashed certainly not creativity and advancement. I never said it was about a few paintings but in the sense of "high culture" it cannot compare to the advancments of the ones i mentioned
The day the United states of America began getting Screwed over health care was the day Nixon decided to let health care be run by privately owned and run companies that were profit only .. let me stress those words.. PROFIT ONLY.. most americans don't understand .. we're getting Screwed. We're paying a fortune to privatized health care companies who are getting ridiculously rich from our payments each month.. and our health care is horrible. We are feeding the rich while we die. Go USA!
Also I recommend the book "Barbarians to Angels: The Dark Ages Revisited" by Peter S. Wells. It is about how the real "Dark Ages" were not so dark after all, and the so-called "barbarians" that allegedly brought down the Roman Empire were not so barbaric after all. Many of them had even more advanced technology than the Romans. This period in history was far from the violent mess that people think it was. The 20th century has been the most violent century of all time by far.
I like medieval period too, but dude..."filled with culture" ? Nobody except barons, lords, knights or church officials / monks knew anything about reading, writing, their history, culture...most of people were common folk uneducated and rude, not to mention the living conditions :) Yes it was all nice and warm in a castle but you were living there only if you were born a lord or ascended to be one...i dont think you would have enjoyed beeing a worker at the lord's lands :)
@UltimateTibu what about them? They are included in the high-class who lived inside castles or manors and were served by a number of servants, depending on how rich they where...they probably had acces to education also...so anyway, what about them? :)
@UltimateTibu No problem, dont apologise :)) Anyway the easiest way to find out some stuff about the middles ages is to search wikipedia. Good luck, i'm sure you will enjoy reading about it :)
During the High Middle Ages, it can be argued that the average serf had it better than poor people today. They were guaranteed food and shelter. They only worked their land a few hours a day, and had a strong community and belonging, providing a more meaningful existence. Their lives were also full of feast days (more days off work than the average poor worker today could possibly imagine).
The modern concept of the crude "dark ages" is largely a bunch of crap.
@bawright462 First of all the very concept of dark ages and middle ages is relative...certain parts of europe emerged from dark ages faster than others, and also in some parts of the continent i guess life was better than in the war-torn regions...however i really can't agree on your ideea that the peasents and the poor class worked their land only a few hours a day...they worked theirs asses off! And feasts? Yeah maybe they could eat the leftovers from the lords. Dunno who told u those things:)
@ShadowSpy666 They often couldn't even eat the leftovers for the lord's table, which often went to his servants, guards and dogs before all the people who harvested it for him or bred it for him. People really have to get over romanticizing or justifying Feudalism, Serfdom was no different (and often worse) than how the poor African-Americans were treated in slave states. In England in the Feudal era about 90% (or more) of the non-aristocracy (Normans etc) were Serfs, a biased name for a slave.
@kingbilgames probably so, i can't argue with that...i was just trying to explain to the dude who said that they had feast days and off work days more often than a poor citizen could imagine having today...feasts for common workers and sclaves? maybe in fairytales :) So yeah, agreed with you :)
@ShadowSpy666 Indeed. Actually I think many people who post on these boards for medieval music have little to no idea of what life was like in the Middle Ages. You often see silly comments like ''people were more free then without the government'' and even ''in the Middle Ages people were happy everyday''. It seems quite amusing but is actually quite insulting to the serfs of the past. The Peasant's Revolt didn't just come out of nowhere and it wasn't a bit of fun.
After planting season, the average serf no doubt had much more leisure time than a poor person today slaving in a year long 40 hour a week at a non-fulfilling job.
Things like this are relative to time and place, as you say, but I'd rather be a medieval peasant than a 19th century factory worker.
@bawright462 i don't think slaves who worked the farms had the entire cold season off-duty...they had stuff to do even in winter maybe not as much as in spring or summer, but i doubt they had plenty of free time...and what leasure, they were poor as hell? They didn't own anything but the clothes they were wearing, you think they had money to entertain themselves? Yeah maybe they could afford some "second-hand" beer from the local tavern but thats about all they leasure they could have.
@ShadowSpy666 and the factory worker today recieves payment, medical assurance and a variety of services for his work...the workers back then couldn't dream of such "luxury"...maybe some of them recieved payment, but that's about all...i really dont understand since when did the middle ages become "a better place" for the average worker than the 21st century? I recommend you reasearch a little bit more about life in the middle ages and you'll see how bad it was for the common folk and slaves :)
I agree life was harsh then but it it is no different now. Sure we have more healthcare choices, more job opportunities, more rights, privileges but we also have more deseases, more job-related accidents, unemployment, poverty, racial disputes, birth defects, drugs on war, babies being born addicted to crack, concentration camps. If history has shown me anyhing is that our correlation between happiness and technology is negative. We aren't advancing, we are just moving somewhere
@Willshires Absolutly...the thing is that healthcare is far better now than back there, but besides that, ofcourse very few things are better :) so i totally agree with you
PS: I really like how you ended your statement, so true man...cheers!
@Pappastenis I don't think we have more diseases. I think we found more. We now even ruled out some diseases like the black death. Also we are now able to cure some of the most simple looking diseases not so long ago people would have died of. Back then life was pretty unsure, maybe nicer in some ways because of that, but I think I prefer these times more than the middle ages.
@ShadowSpy666 ShadowSpy666 .. you must either be French, Canadian, or some other nationality because here in America, the Ruling class are trying to subvert us back to the medicinal practices of the middle ages! Insurance companies want profits at any cost - (even if they deny your wife that surgery she needs to stay alive) So.. your wife is dead. You have Prostate cancer? oh.. they tell you that they won't cover the cost to take care of it because you used to smoke 15 years ago. USA Sucks.
@MrAKFrost not french or canadian...but i'm from europe doesn't matter exactly from where...and what you said there happens in almost any country with corrupt statesman...and which country doesn't have corruption from the lowest level up to the rulers? I don't see any connection between that and the middle ages though. And don't wory, your country is not the only one to suck...most of them do ;)
@ShadowSpy666 Indeed. In fact Serfdom was really just slavery - you paid money to your lords, you worked on his lands, you were often bred for his benefits (meaning that the lord would often pick the strongest male's wife for him; the most attractive or strong female0, if you ran away from your village and lord you were docked or your nose or ears were cut off. That is the true cultural changing aspect of the Norman invasion of England. Such Feudalism didn't exist before 1066 in England.
@ShadowSpy666 You are quite wrong; the BBC have a very good documentary, which is uploaded on YouTube, check out the episode "The Peasant" which contradicts modern misconceptions about people in that time period
@CaptainOvious123 I'm not saying that I'm 100% right, but cuz BBC has a documentary that depicts peasents and workers different from what we know, doesn't mean that all of europe's peasentry had the same life, as i said before, life of a worker was different probably from one country to another, maybe even from one county to another. Mainly i still believe that beeing a peasant or a slave wasn't an easy life,regardless of the luck of some that maybe had a good life. I'll check the documentary
@ShadowSpy666 Don't get me wrong, I don't disagree with you; I wouldn't have want to been alive in a world filled with disease, it's just that some of things you said were quite wrong that's all
@CaptainOvious123 I understand bro, don't get me wrong too, I'm not saying that you are not right!...it is possible that in some regions peasents really had a good life working the land, it could be very possible...and I will search for the documentary in a few days when I'll find the necessary spare time, i promise! be safe, cheers!
Yes, plebeans but these were in the Roman times. They had the right to own land and the right to bread and circuses but didn't last long, many would leave to war, leaving less people owning more of the land..in turn a ver y feww controlled pretty much everything ..hmm and yet history repeats itself.
@ShadowSpy666 Warm in a castle? No way man...Have you ever visited one? Apparently stone isn't very useful to keep you warm. Even if you were king you would freeze your ass off if it wasn't for all those fancy clothes.
@ABdadaSURD Ah c`mon dont be so shallow: they had fireplaces and they knew about the fire back then...it's not the stone age is the medieval age. And yes, stone isn't very good at keeping warm but with clothes some fireplaces and activities one could keep himself / herself warm. And don't forget that there were castles in warm regions too (southern europe for example).
Nevertheless, inside the castle was nice and warm compared on how was in the stables or other adjacent buildings
I've always loved the general atmosphere and beauty of the music and art of the middle ages...........just wish I had a time machine as it would be fascinating to see what the era was really like.
The middle ages lasted what, five centuries? Generalisations about what it was like 'back then' are meaningless given the timescales and broad sweep of cultures involved.
For some reason the medieval times intrest me sooo much. I love learning about it and listening to their music. It was a time filled with culture. AHHHHHH WHAT I WOULD DO TO GO BACK IN TIME AND LIVE IN THAT IN TIME.
@iceskater204498 i feel the same way! i would rather live in medieval times where culture and tradition prevailed. nowadays everything is changing, from ebooks replacing REAL books and ipads replacing dinner menus so frustrating! i never thought there would be another person in this world who would have liked to live in medieval times:)
@thankyou12334 Yeah, and where free roaming bands of bandits killed everyone in sight, and where shit lay around everywhere, and where everyone had a generally pisspoor hard life, etc. etc.
@iceskater204498 If you are still around in 50 years, after Peak Oil and the coming fragmentation of Europe and the economic chaos after the $ truly collapses, after the nest war (over resources, water, food, rather than territorial control that governments by then will no longer be capable of exercising) - you might just get your wish fulfilled, without a time machine
@MINECRAFTBOY117 yeah I know but I guess its just the adventure back then. I mean if you think about it nothing is intresting these days people dont even know how to tell time without looking at a digital watch anymore its terrible. Everything has gotten so boring.
@iceskater204498 trust me when you cut your finger and go to a doctor from those times he would say you are possesed by a demon or something :D, life of the nobles was great, the normal people had had it extremely hard.
@iceskater204498 No, you wouldn't. I thoght about that too. It'd be neat. Except for maybe all the diseases, angry nobles, horrible wars, if you were injured you'd immediatly die, lots of other really horrible stuff....oh yeah, no running water.
Shadow is right just think how easily we take for granted penicillin, morphine, etc. In those times a simple injury could lead to eventual excruciating pain, amputation or death. A gash or wound would become infected and unless you possesed the knowledge and technology of today, chances are that wound would get seriously infected.
And how about bathing, even those of royalty only took several bath a year! Imagine peasants and commoners.
There were no toilets back then at least not an organized plumbing system, imagine the hygiene back then plus the fact that most could not read or write as Shadow pinted out.
No bro you don't want to live back then. you fell in love with pictures, music and an idea.
If you want some type of good condition then try more to the east of the world
@iceskater204498 You want to go back to YOUR idea of medieval times. Real life than,no you dont, trust me. This was for the court, not the rest, Youd have to spend 9/10 days working in the fields, only to come home to shitty beer and pottage. Unless you inherited money, it was a nightmare. Than there where diseases that killed one in three, or dying from rotting teeth, or suffering invaders, or conscripted service. Ive learned this from university, We have it better than they could have dreamed
WHAT THIS MUSIC IS This piece is from 1588; a book on dance was published under the title "Orchésographie et traité en forme de dialogue par lequel toutes personnes peuvent facilement apprendre et pratiquer l'honnête exercice des danses." The name of the author, Thoinot Arbeau, was an anagram of his real name, Jehan Tabourot, but since he was a canon of the cathedral at Langres it was probably political not to publish a work on such a secular entertainment as dance under his own name.
Times may have been tough back then, but I would rather spend my time fighting for my life ( something that matters) than fighting with someone on Facebook chat about stealing my boyfriend.
@17MsGinger in ancient japan there were female warriors and most women were trained to use naginata and the soviet union had a female sniper unit with a very high kill count its not that women cant fight they just cant fight in full plate with a heavy sheild and lance in a traditional western society
it would be nice if the idealistic version of these past times existed the way we dream of it. but there is one thing you should NEVER, EVER forget: BLACK DEATH!!!!!!
lol guys watch season of the witch, its actually realistic, until they get to the demons and magic and stuff... But if you look just at all the murder because of "witchcraft", you'll see that the medieval ages were really crap... Plague, leprosy. I quote from the movie: "We both know the church can be most persuasive." And it's true. The medieval ages were times of fun and everything, but there were also times of death and famine. One dry season? You have no more crops. You have no money. Ur ded
For those of you who think living back then sucked we arnt saying literly bacn then were talking d&d back then you kow go on a quest save a princess slay demone hoards by your self not literly medevile time.
Guys, get it through your heads. Life in the Middle Ages sucked, at least from what we know of. Do you guys even know why the feudal system developed? It's because people wanted protection- back then, they lived in constant fear of barbarians razing their village and killing them. The literacy rate was extremely low, medicine was just superstitious remedies that in most cases did more harm than good, and the Church controlled most of your life. You had to pay 1/10 of your income to the Church.
Really? What's with everyone wishing they lived back then? Geez, we live in TODAY. Stop complaining about TODAY's problems and start doing something about it.
@ThePyromaniacalcow Yeah but today suck, I want to become a great acoustic player but since im living in a world where people only think about sex and where media controlled information( Your life), I wont be able to gain my life with it.. People now have their brain washed....
I would gladly give up everything I have to be able to live during the Middle Ages...no matter how hard life was back then, I somehow feel strongly drawn to it ...
How I wish 2 transfer just on 1 min...
maddmax1881 6 days ago
why the europeans has such an interesting history AND DON'T MIND IT
pedroeduardoize 2 weeks ago
@pedroeduardoize Because were awesome like that lol My background is English by the way.
Satanmustdie1 1 week ago
@pedroeduardoize We are crusaders when we are born.
Maljanus 9 hours ago
Guillaume de Machaut "Je vivroie liement/Liement me deport" OMG BEST FRENCH MIDDLE AGES MUSIC EVER (search on YOUTUBE)
:ENJOY:
MisterAl6 3 weeks ago
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MisterAl6 3 weeks ago
pic at 0:33 is cool...
qrdavis133 3 weeks ago
0:57 i think that's superman's dog
randox16000 3 weeks ago
wow cool. i kinda think living in midevil times would be cool with all the castles and queens and kings and all the swords and armor. But not torture and sicknesses. Also not too many cures to diseases. But it seems interesting.
qrdavis133 3 weeks ago
This tune is not from Middle Ages, it is from Renaissance, circa 1588. Thoinot Arbeau composer.
CasiodorodelaTeja 3 weeks ago
warfare was so pure back then, none of this shooting some guy from 5 miles away bull that we have now days
krappyish 1 month ago
@krappyish Yes, and their were no stealth attacks. They agreed to a time. They all showed up on the battlefield face to face and fought honorably.
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"Medieval people knew what music is and how to party :D true....
marciolpj 1 month ago
Medieval people knew what music is and how to party :D
vvinblog 1 month ago
what language is it?
Domsta76 1 month ago
@Domsta76 It's Polish language :)
Smileyka94 1 month ago
Thumps up if u still watch in 2011 <3.
FrezKNation 1 month ago 5
wat is this song???
Domsta76 1 month ago in playlist Liked videos
The first instrument to play is a hurdy gurdy. love those...
stormyraingirl 1 month ago
this song reminds me of my youth
crankycrepeychristus 1 month ago
wunderful music.
Lautengitarre 2 months ago
Recorded 600 years ago? I though first sound recorders impelented at 19th century
AceVenturaQ911 2 months ago 6
@AceVenturaQ911 *facePALM*!?!?!?!?
Rao665 2 months ago
@AceVenturaQ911 ....... its a joke
my2bratsmom 1 month ago in playlist Liked videos
Medieval Times, then sacred had meaning
glenngeeful 2 months ago 3
Well the middle ages had its ups and downs. I'm sure, if what happening to Europe today(multiculturalism, islamization and treason) would happen back then there would be heads rolling en masse.
I wish that mentality with a sense of selfpreservation would still be among us Europeans.
And to those that say the medieval era was a cultural darkness, you are in many ways wrong.
Kopfschmerz86 2 months ago 5
@Kopfschmerz86 true, but The Black Plague and syphilis was kindof a downer. ;)
LaJuera25 2 months ago
@LaJuera25 Syphilis was brought in from the new world Europe didn't have it during the middle ages...
LeClasique 2 months ago in playlist medieval music
@LeClasique I could have sworn they said thats what one of the Kings died of.
LaJuera25 2 months ago
@LaJuera25 perhaps that was after Colombus sailed to the New World, they had monarchs for a good time after the discovery of the Americas.
LeClasique 2 months ago
@Kopfschmerz86 with multiculturalism comes the death of multiculturalism. o_0
Rao665 2 months ago
What will we have to offer: Lady Gaga... 0.O
ndkblackhawk 2 months ago
jestem w swoich czasach....
TheAryanblood88 2 months ago
Takie coś jest zaj****
OwNeD8172 2 months ago
Myabe it wasnt the best time to live, really nasty place, alot of diseases, and maybe you the life spand was 30 years or such, but I dont care, I would love to live in that time hehe
JesusChristlovesu1 2 months ago 2
Modern day Bards like lil wayne suck! This is the kind of thing I want to hear.
applesauceis22 2 months ago
remember kids, it was recorded 600 years ago so the quality is not 1080P
pipinho114 2 months ago 100
@pipinho114 <3 love your comment.
17MsGinger 2 months ago
@pipinho114 didn know thy have a recorder 600 years ago :p LOLZ
Dompiestompie 2 months ago 19
@Dompiestompie for thath i sayeth loleth
kingaxron 1 month ago 3
@Dompiestompie they all did, it's there mind
marinesdomantate 1 month ago
@Dompiestompie - according to wiki they did: "The instrument has been known by its modern name at least since the 14th century." Amazing what you can learn from the Internet today.
:)
1400deadwood 3 weeks ago
CUDNIE :P I LOVE MEDIEVAL !!!!
Rysiek804 2 months ago
I swear this music makes me feel idk sad..;(
liv4evergurl11 2 months ago
Oh my, they dressed dogs up in those days too!??? :|
Raafke 2 months ago
@Raafke People still do, only the costumes aren't as pimptastic
JaquitoBueno 2 months ago
This is a band from quebec city Canada called Strada. vive les medivales du Quebec!!!
mattriskable 2 months ago
WOW THIS STUFF REALLY ROXX OUT;WHO SAID THERE WAS NO MERRY MAKIN' BACK THEN..... This robust little tune really has something quite dekicate and emotive behind it......Where's me krumple horn when I need it ! thanx for sharing this dude .........
porridgeisnice 3 months ago
Where is the picture at 0:23 from?
sofroniaful 3 months ago
@sofroniaful The painting of the knighting ceremony is called "The Accolade" by Edmund Blair Leighton.
Droohie 3 months ago in playlist miðaldarkjaftæði
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middleagestoday 3 months ago
Love it .
kotornerd12 3 months ago
ahhh, a day and age of of great love where honor and humility meant something! Also, the battles were probably badass :P
guitarlad89 3 months ago
Only this music is a modern tune used in a medieval style
3yboy 3 months ago
My Noble Lord!
We are yours to command my Liege!
dudefrombelgium 4 months ago
Hurdy Gurdy *----------*
tenten5002 4 months ago
That was intense, man.
17MsGinger 4 months ago
tibia 7.6 please
matfdp123 4 months ago
Hey, it's the Basse-danse from Capriol Suite by Peter Warlock.. :-) (Yeah, I know he used old dance tunes)
NorkelFjols 4 months ago
T´his music is as good today as it was 600 years ago
GodOfUnbelief 4 months ago 34
@GodOfUnbelief no, it's better
FromBaroquewithLove 2 months ago
looking at the art and listening to the music not to mention the other contributions proves that there was high culture.
pele6922 4 months ago
@pele6922
"High culture" Compared to what other culture? More so, how do you define a high culture or even more importantly what do we define as a high culture? So a few dudes could paint big whoop there a reaosn that timline was also called the dark ages; devoid of light, enlightment, creativity and advancemnet. Try more like the Roman Empire or the Aztec and Mayans or even ancient Egypt.
Willshires 4 months ago
@Willshires I couldnt disagree more. There were many advancements. It was more than "a few dudes" painting. All the cultures you mentioned crashed and burned for all their light, creativity, and advancement. If you think this period is about a few paintings, youre sadly mistaken.
pele6922 4 months ago
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Willshires 4 months ago
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Now does that make the Roman Empire any better? Maybe not in the end they fell but just look at ALL the things that they left behind, how immensly they impacted the world as well as still today it is one of the most talked about subjects in history. In fact, the roman way of life, law, judicial systems, etc, are still part of the entire wolrd today they were the ones that later on inspired the middleages as well as the renaissance...but its deeper than that but too little space,
Willshires 4 months ago
@pele6922
Well yeah.. it's called entropy no empire or culture can last forever. Obviously they crashed, but it was more of lust and greed as to why it crashed certainly not creativity and advancement. I never said it was about a few paintings but in the sense of "high culture" it cannot compare to the advancments of the ones i mentioned
Willshires 4 months ago
@Willshires right you said "so a few dudes could paint big whoop..." and then didnt say anything else.
I wasn't comparing this time with any other, that was your comparison.
There was writing, poetry and music, there was art, there was technology therefore there was culture. End.
pele6922 4 months ago
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@Willshires right you said "so a few dudes could paint big whoop..." and then didnt say anything else.
I wasn't comparing this time with any other, that was your comparison.
There was writing, poetry and music, there was art, there was technology therefore there was culture. End.
pele6922 4 months ago
The medieval ages are by far my favourite period of history to study about. So fucking epic.
RedneckFilmStudios 4 months ago in playlist Medieval Music
@LUONG4YAHWEH I means music from the mideval ages
bigsunglasses33 4 months ago
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the young lad at 21, he seems astute. shadowspy666
idontgiveaflyingtoss 4 months ago
@idontgiveaflyingtoss lol :))...someone marked this as spam...LOL! :)) Thanx btw
ShadowSpy666 4 months ago
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idontgiveaflyingtoss 4 months ago
I liked it, though some of the pictures were unnecisarily placed. The music seems to be some sort music from the rennesance times.
What does this mean? Muzyka z czasów średniowiecza-Middle Ages
bigsunglasses33 4 months ago
@bigsunglasses33 I think it means "pass me the porkchops'' in Polish.
But seriously, go lookup it up in any of the free Internet translation tools.
LUONG4YAHWEH 4 months ago
The day the United states of America began getting Screwed over health care was the day Nixon decided to let health care be run by privately owned and run companies that were profit only .. let me stress those words.. PROFIT ONLY.. most americans don't understand .. we're getting Screwed. We're paying a fortune to privatized health care companies who are getting ridiculously rich from our payments each month.. and our health care is horrible. We are feeding the rich while we die. Go USA!
MrAKFrost 4 months ago
Anyone knows who interprets the music ?
MrBienn 4 months ago
@MrBienn I have heard this song many times and would love to know who does it. I heard also on an episode of The Tudors
pillcounter75 4 months ago
Also I recommend the book "Barbarians to Angels: The Dark Ages Revisited" by Peter S. Wells. It is about how the real "Dark Ages" were not so dark after all, and the so-called "barbarians" that allegedly brought down the Roman Empire were not so barbaric after all. Many of them had even more advanced technology than the Romans. This period in history was far from the violent mess that people think it was. The 20th century has been the most violent century of all time by far.
Aufzugtaube 5 months ago
@OstrogothRome Ha it wasnt THAT bad. But I know its like the world went from being terrible to better to its worst.
iceskater204498 5 months ago
This song is similar to the Cantiga Santa María No. 4, at least the melody. It is a version?
movohox 5 months ago
just lovely and delicious. Congratulations!
trilly396 5 months ago
The music was both authentic and outstanding! Well done!
TheClassicalflute 5 months ago
What is this first song?
Kalphiter45 5 months ago
I have to know what this song and how to get the sheet music. Please. :)
BlytheEntertainment 5 months ago
gosh i couldn't go without sex before marriage so its just as well i was around in those days.ha ha
hazel50100 5 months ago
Why must people fight? It was a brutal, yet amazing time.
NerdfighterneverFTBA 5 months ago
coś pięknego
anetkaikonrad2000 5 months ago
What is the name of this music and how do I getthe score?
BlytheEntertainment 5 months ago
I like medieval period too, but dude..."filled with culture" ? Nobody except barons, lords, knights or church officials / monks knew anything about reading, writing, their history, culture...most of people were common folk uneducated and rude, not to mention the living conditions :) Yes it was all nice and warm in a castle but you were living there only if you were born a lord or ascended to be one...i dont think you would have enjoyed beeing a worker at the lord's lands :)
ShadowSpy666 5 months ago 31
@ShadowSpy666 What about princes and princesses?
UltimateTibu 5 months ago in playlist Middle ages music
@UltimateTibu what about them? They are included in the high-class who lived inside castles or manors and were served by a number of servants, depending on how rich they where...they probably had acces to education also...so anyway, what about them? :)
ShadowSpy666 5 months ago
@ShadowSpy666 Sorry. I'm just trying to learn as much as possible >..>
UltimateTibu 5 months ago
@UltimateTibu No problem, dont apologise :)) Anyway the easiest way to find out some stuff about the middles ages is to search wikipedia. Good luck, i'm sure you will enjoy reading about it :)
ShadowSpy666 5 months ago
@ShadowSpy666
During the High Middle Ages, it can be argued that the average serf had it better than poor people today. They were guaranteed food and shelter. They only worked their land a few hours a day, and had a strong community and belonging, providing a more meaningful existence. Their lives were also full of feast days (more days off work than the average poor worker today could possibly imagine).
The modern concept of the crude "dark ages" is largely a bunch of crap.
bawright462 5 months ago
@bawright462 First of all the very concept of dark ages and middle ages is relative...certain parts of europe emerged from dark ages faster than others, and also in some parts of the continent i guess life was better than in the war-torn regions...however i really can't agree on your ideea that the peasents and the poor class worked their land only a few hours a day...they worked theirs asses off! And feasts? Yeah maybe they could eat the leftovers from the lords. Dunno who told u those things:)
ShadowSpy666 4 months ago
@ShadowSpy666 They often couldn't even eat the leftovers for the lord's table, which often went to his servants, guards and dogs before all the people who harvested it for him or bred it for him. People really have to get over romanticizing or justifying Feudalism, Serfdom was no different (and often worse) than how the poor African-Americans were treated in slave states. In England in the Feudal era about 90% (or more) of the non-aristocracy (Normans etc) were Serfs, a biased name for a slave.
kingbilgames 4 months ago
@kingbilgames probably so, i can't argue with that...i was just trying to explain to the dude who said that they had feast days and off work days more often than a poor citizen could imagine having today...feasts for common workers and sclaves? maybe in fairytales :) So yeah, agreed with you :)
ShadowSpy666 4 months ago
@ShadowSpy666 Indeed. Actually I think many people who post on these boards for medieval music have little to no idea of what life was like in the Middle Ages. You often see silly comments like ''people were more free then without the government'' and even ''in the Middle Ages people were happy everyday''. It seems quite amusing but is actually quite insulting to the serfs of the past. The Peasant's Revolt didn't just come out of nowhere and it wasn't a bit of fun.
kingbilgames 4 months ago
@ShadowSpy666
After planting season, the average serf no doubt had much more leisure time than a poor person today slaving in a year long 40 hour a week at a non-fulfilling job.
Things like this are relative to time and place, as you say, but I'd rather be a medieval peasant than a 19th century factory worker.
bawright462 4 months ago
@bawright462 i don't think slaves who worked the farms had the entire cold season off-duty...they had stuff to do even in winter maybe not as much as in spring or summer, but i doubt they had plenty of free time...and what leasure, they were poor as hell? They didn't own anything but the clothes they were wearing, you think they had money to entertain themselves? Yeah maybe they could afford some "second-hand" beer from the local tavern but thats about all they leasure they could have.
ShadowSpy666 4 months ago
@ShadowSpy666 and the factory worker today recieves payment, medical assurance and a variety of services for his work...the workers back then couldn't dream of such "luxury"...maybe some of them recieved payment, but that's about all...i really dont understand since when did the middle ages become "a better place" for the average worker than the 21st century? I recommend you reasearch a little bit more about life in the middle ages and you'll see how bad it was for the common folk and slaves :)
ShadowSpy666 4 months ago
@ShadowSpy666
look up Terry Jones-Medieval Lives-The Peasant Part 2 on youtube.
bawright462 4 months ago in playlist Middle ages music
@ShadowSpy666
I agree life was harsh then but it it is no different now. Sure we have more healthcare choices, more job opportunities, more rights, privileges but we also have more deseases, more job-related accidents, unemployment, poverty, racial disputes, birth defects, drugs on war, babies being born addicted to crack, concentration camps. If history has shown me anyhing is that our correlation between happiness and technology is negative. We aren't advancing, we are just moving somewhere
Willshires 4 months ago
@Willshires Absolutly...the thing is that healthcare is far better now than back there, but besides that, ofcourse very few things are better :) so i totally agree with you
PS: I really like how you ended your statement, so true man...cheers!
ShadowSpy666 4 months ago
@Willshires but we also have more deseases, more job-related accidents, unemployment, poverty, racial disputes?? dont think so!!
Pappastenis 1 month ago
@Pappastenis I don't think we have more diseases. I think we found more. We now even ruled out some diseases like the black death. Also we are now able to cure some of the most simple looking diseases not so long ago people would have died of. Back then life was pretty unsure, maybe nicer in some ways because of that, but I think I prefer these times more than the middle ages.
Caellest89 1 month ago
@ShadowSpy666 ShadowSpy666 .. you must either be French, Canadian, or some other nationality because here in America, the Ruling class are trying to subvert us back to the medicinal practices of the middle ages! Insurance companies want profits at any cost - (even if they deny your wife that surgery she needs to stay alive) So.. your wife is dead. You have Prostate cancer? oh.. they tell you that they won't cover the cost to take care of it because you used to smoke 15 years ago. USA Sucks.
MrAKFrost 4 months ago
@MrAKFrost not french or canadian...but i'm from europe doesn't matter exactly from where...and what you said there happens in almost any country with corrupt statesman...and which country doesn't have corruption from the lowest level up to the rulers? I don't see any connection between that and the middle ages though. And don't wory, your country is not the only one to suck...most of them do ;)
ShadowSpy666 4 months ago
@MrAKFrost STFU at least in Canada we can go back in time for a week!
jokey7053 4 months ago
@ShadowSpy666 Indeed. In fact Serfdom was really just slavery - you paid money to your lords, you worked on his lands, you were often bred for his benefits (meaning that the lord would often pick the strongest male's wife for him; the most attractive or strong female0, if you ran away from your village and lord you were docked or your nose or ears were cut off. That is the true cultural changing aspect of the Norman invasion of England. Such Feudalism didn't exist before 1066 in England.
kingbilgames 4 months ago
@ShadowSpy666 You are quite wrong; the BBC have a very good documentary, which is uploaded on YouTube, check out the episode "The Peasant" which contradicts modern misconceptions about people in that time period
CaptainOvious123 4 months ago
@CaptainOvious123 I'm not saying that I'm 100% right, but cuz BBC has a documentary that depicts peasents and workers different from what we know, doesn't mean that all of europe's peasentry had the same life, as i said before, life of a worker was different probably from one country to another, maybe even from one county to another. Mainly i still believe that beeing a peasant or a slave wasn't an easy life,regardless of the luck of some that maybe had a good life. I'll check the documentary
ShadowSpy666 4 months ago
@ShadowSpy666 Don't get me wrong, I don't disagree with you; I wouldn't have want to been alive in a world filled with disease, it's just that some of things you said were quite wrong that's all
CaptainOvious123 4 months ago
@CaptainOvious123 I understand bro, don't get me wrong too, I'm not saying that you are not right!...it is possible that in some regions peasents really had a good life working the land, it could be very possible...and I will search for the documentary in a few days when I'll find the necessary spare time, i promise! be safe, cheers!
ShadowSpy666 4 months ago
@ShadowSpy666
Yes, plebeans but these were in the Roman times. They had the right to own land and the right to bread and circuses but didn't last long, many would leave to war, leaving less people owning more of the land..in turn a ver y feww controlled pretty much everything ..hmm and yet history repeats itself.
Willshires 4 months ago
@CaptainOvious123
What makes you think you were born in one that doesn't have deseases?
Willshires 4 months ago
@ShadowSpy666
You could be living in a castle if you worked in the castle.
But that would suck to because you would rarely be comming out of there.
I Recon life was best if you lived in a remote community where you had your own lifestocks and no lord to bother you.
But then yet , there was constant war and lots of bandits so you could have a raid on ur little town any moment so that sucks to afterall.
So in General Medival life sucked balls. :)
but the music and art is great!!! ^^
dudefrombelgium 4 months ago
@ShadowSpy666 Warm in a castle? No way man...Have you ever visited one? Apparently stone isn't very useful to keep you warm. Even if you were king you would freeze your ass off if it wasn't for all those fancy clothes.
ABdadaSURD 3 months ago
@ABdadaSURD Ah c`mon dont be so shallow: they had fireplaces and they knew about the fire back then...it's not the stone age is the medieval age. And yes, stone isn't very good at keeping warm but with clothes some fireplaces and activities one could keep himself / herself warm. And don't forget that there were castles in warm regions too (southern europe for example).
Nevertheless, inside the castle was nice and warm compared on how was in the stables or other adjacent buildings
ShadowSpy666 3 months ago
@ABdadaSURD PS: Yes i have actually visited several castles :)
ShadowSpy666 3 months ago
I've always loved the general atmosphere and beauty of the music and art of the middle ages...........just wish I had a time machine as it would be fascinating to see what the era was really like.
PlattHillLover 5 months ago
The middle ages lasted what, five centuries? Generalisations about what it was like 'back then' are meaningless given the timescales and broad sweep of cultures involved.
lordhoot1 5 months ago
LOLthis music makes me want to go back to that time
lionblaze341 5 months ago
For some reason the medieval times intrest me sooo much. I love learning about it and listening to their music. It was a time filled with culture. AHHHHHH WHAT I WOULD DO TO GO BACK IN TIME AND LIVE IN THAT IN TIME.
iceskater204498 6 months ago 49
@iceskater204498 I 1000% Agree. Theres something about the middle ages that touches my heart and i cant figure out what, it just does
Alana00vampire00 5 months ago in playlist Ab Celtic woman 2
@iceskater204498 and a war in every week :) (almost)---medieval times --- with beauty and horror (for ex. Inquisition with his "trials")
Danezu28 5 months ago
@iceskater204498 i feel the same way! i would rather live in medieval times where culture and tradition prevailed. nowadays everything is changing, from ebooks replacing REAL books and ipads replacing dinner menus so frustrating! i never thought there would be another person in this world who would have liked to live in medieval times:)
thankyou12334 5 months ago
@thankyou12334 Yeah, and where free roaming bands of bandits killed everyone in sight, and where shit lay around everywhere, and where everyone had a generally pisspoor hard life, etc. etc.
Their pop music sure was better than ours though.
Gonnakillyou 5 months ago
@Gonnakillyou not necessarily. its the simplicity of this period which attracts me
thankyou12334 5 months ago
@iceskater204498 If you are still around in 50 years, after Peak Oil and the coming fragmentation of Europe and the economic chaos after the $ truly collapses, after the nest war (over resources, water, food, rather than territorial control that governments by then will no longer be capable of exercising) - you might just get your wish fulfilled, without a time machine
OstrogothRome 5 months ago
@iceskater204498 just sayin but its called medevil for a reason it was when tha evil shit stared happening alot
it would suck so bad if we were in the medevil times.......just sayin =P
MINECRAFTBOY117 5 months ago
@MINECRAFTBOY117 yeah I know but I guess its just the adventure back then. I mean if you think about it nothing is intresting these days people dont even know how to tell time without looking at a digital watch anymore its terrible. Everything has gotten so boring.
iceskater204498 5 months ago
@MINECRAFTBOY117 Actually it's medieval, which just means middle age.
You probably mean Dark Age? But to be fair the times before were shitty too though, Roman slave labour in Britannia etc.
Gonnakillyou 5 months ago in playlist Bookmarks for my future CoW music mod
@iceskater204498 Your wish is granted! Back you go! No cleanliness!
No leisure! No health! No retirement, you're already dead! No entertainment,
you're the entertainment! No Liberty,shut your fuckin' mouth! No computer,
you can't read anyway!No interior design,you sleep on the ground within
your hovel, no fresh air, no toilets, you'll love the smell of shit! No fresh
water, drink water and die! No reason just superstition! No 'rights', king
or lord says jump, you say how far! Rethink this!
fntime 5 months ago
@fntime you forgot the bubonic plague.
albatross7677 5 months ago
@iceskater204498 Alas you would live but ya waint live for long bor!
SHANDYBOY86 4 months ago
@iceskater204498 trust me when you cut your finger and go to a doctor from those times he would say you are possesed by a demon or something :D, life of the nobles was great, the normal people had had it extremely hard.
extrm12323 4 months ago
@iceskater204498 yeahhh,me too,i am mad for middle ages,i love to much :D
Zelje2010 4 months ago
@iceskater204498 definitely an interesting time... but also a horrible time. War and disease. YAY!
trippyeast 4 months ago in playlist Middle ages music
@iceskater204498 middle ages hardly have any outstanding culture
0Dethadow0 4 months ago
@iceskater204498 No, you wouldn't. I thoght about that too. It'd be neat. Except for maybe all the diseases, angry nobles, horrible wars, if you were injured you'd immediatly die, lots of other really horrible stuff....oh yeah, no running water.
ChocolateyChocobo13 4 months ago
@iceskater204498 though to be honest, if everything was like "Game of thrones" i'd opt in. defenitley.
ChocolateyChocobo13 4 months ago
@iceskater204498
Darn it I have the same feeling as yours!
Ruplustorie 4 months ago
@iceskater204498 Really, you would not want to.
Big5000K 4 months ago
@iceskater204498
Shadow is right just think how easily we take for granted penicillin, morphine, etc. In those times a simple injury could lead to eventual excruciating pain, amputation or death. A gash or wound would become infected and unless you possesed the knowledge and technology of today, chances are that wound would get seriously infected.
Willshires 4 months ago
@iceskater204498
And how about bathing, even those of royalty only took several bath a year! Imagine peasants and commoners.
There were no toilets back then at least not an organized plumbing system, imagine the hygiene back then plus the fact that most could not read or write as Shadow pinted out.
No bro you don't want to live back then. you fell in love with pictures, music and an idea.
If you want some type of good condition then try more to the east of the world
Willshires 4 months ago
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@iceskater204498 You want to go back to YOUR idea of medieval times. Real life than,no you dont, trust me. This was for the court, not the rest, Youd have to spend 9/10 days working in the fields, only to come home to shitty beer and pottage. Unless you inherited money, it was a nightmare. Than there where diseases that killed one in three, or dying from rotting teeth, or suffering invaders, or conscripted service. Ive learned this from university, We have it better than they could have dreamed
TheCaptainLulz 4 months ago
@iceskater204498 i prefer fuck a lot of girl in this part of the world
serious1418 4 months ago
@iceskater204498 yea then die in your teen or 20's =p and not have any eletricity and only have a bath 1 or 2 times in your life :p
saska123321 4 months ago
Could someone please tell me the name of this song? Blackmore's Night does a modern version, but I'm interested in the source material! Thanks.
alangdonco 6 months ago in playlist Medieval music
I'm in love with this music ! ♥
TinaSternchen17 6 months ago
Three people are deaf
ave1395 6 months ago
Also, composer Peter Warlock wrote a famous cover of this with a 20th Century twist, its interesting to compare the two, its called "Basse-Dance"
gerrykun1 6 months ago
WHAT THIS MUSIC IS This piece is from 1588; a book on dance was published under the title "Orchésographie et traité en forme de dialogue par lequel toutes personnes peuvent facilement apprendre et pratiquer l'honnête exercice des danses." The name of the author, Thoinot Arbeau, was an anagram of his real name, Jehan Tabourot, but since he was a canon of the cathedral at Langres it was probably political not to publish a work on such a secular entertainment as dance under his own name.
gerrykun1 6 months ago
Times may have been tough back then, but I would rather spend my time fighting for my life ( something that matters) than fighting with someone on Facebook chat about stealing my boyfriend.
17MsGinger 6 months ago
@17MsGinger women werent allowed to fight and wouldnt be strong enough for it anyways thats not sexist its science
l3054 6 months ago
@l3054 true I suppose.
17MsGinger 6 months ago
@17MsGinger in ancient japan there were female warriors and most women were trained to use naginata and the soviet union had a female sniper unit with a very high kill count its not that women cant fight they just cant fight in full plate with a heavy sheild and lance in a traditional western society
l3054 6 months ago
Świetne.
Narodowiec1906 6 months ago
Now I wanna wield a sword and ride a horse!
MasacruRo 6 months ago
it would be nice if the idealistic version of these past times existed the way we dream of it. but there is one thing you should NEVER, EVER forget: BLACK DEATH!!!!!!
xeniaGr 6 months ago
I wish I lived in the awesome version of the middle ages <:D
rikuxsoraxroxas 6 months ago
lol guys watch season of the witch, its actually realistic, until they get to the demons and magic and stuff... But if you look just at all the murder because of "witchcraft", you'll see that the medieval ages were really crap... Plague, leprosy. I quote from the movie: "We both know the church can be most persuasive." And it's true. The medieval ages were times of fun and everything, but there were also times of death and famine. One dry season? You have no more crops. You have no money. Ur ded
ThePyromaniacalcow 6 months ago
For those of you who think living back then sucked we arnt saying literly bacn then were talking d&d back then you kow go on a quest save a princess slay demone hoards by your self not literly medevile time.
garth830371 7 months ago
@Mallester Lol.
wraithneon 7 months ago
Guys, get it through your heads. Life in the Middle Ages sucked, at least from what we know of. Do you guys even know why the feudal system developed? It's because people wanted protection- back then, they lived in constant fear of barbarians razing their village and killing them. The literacy rate was extremely low, medicine was just superstitious remedies that in most cases did more harm than good, and the Church controlled most of your life. You had to pay 1/10 of your income to the Church.
TheMechanicalMan01 7 months ago 2
Really? What's with everyone wishing they lived back then? Geez, we live in TODAY. Stop complaining about TODAY's problems and start doing something about it.
ThePyromaniacalcow 7 months ago
@ThePyromaniacalcow Yeah but today suck, I want to become a great acoustic player but since im living in a world where people only think about sex and where media controlled information( Your life), I wont be able to gain my life with it.. People now have their brain washed....
keeperoftheforest 7 months ago
@keeperoftheforest yea its a sad life these days its an extremely deppressing and pointless way to live once you become aware
l3054 6 months ago
I would gladly give up everything I have to be able to live during the Middle Ages...no matter how hard life was back then, I somehow feel strongly drawn to it ...
VermillionCrescent 7 months ago
thanks for the music man =]
grifin113 7 months ago
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Schtekern 7 months ago