History Channel - The Plague part 11

[nanarockband]

what's with the bloody video skipping...

[TheMeerkittens]

funerals? monotonus? nooo.....

[8698gil]

In 15th century Europe, it was widely believed that too much bathing could actually cause illness, and people were quite repulsively smelly and dirty at that time. If anyone had suggested illnesses were caused by something too small to see, they would have thought it was ridiculous. In places like medieval Japan, people were fanatical about cleanliness, and had far less illness, even though they didn't realize it was being clean that kept them healthy.

[8698gil]

It wouldn't matter if these people were all atheists. It was ignorance that killed them. Although its true that any scientific discoveries that were contrary to the teachings of the church were rigorously suppressed at the time. In any case, medicine was extremely primitive and based on superstition in those days, they didn't have a clue what really caused disease.

[Quusboy]

change it to Flatulence and this would be fucken hilarious!

[deaconsmom2000]

Flaggellants!!!! Dammit anyhow - not flatulence!

[kisssexxx]

*These Stupid! Fag!ulence Morons! Are Real DumbAsses!

[DerangederX]

@kisssexxx That's what happens when you let religion into your life....

[Kindred1a1]

@DerangederX

You are as dumb as he is. This is what happens when you live in an illiterate society. This is not religion. This is the human as an animal. This is a clear path in human psychology.

And i'm atheist and Im not ignorant to the point of just blaming religion.

[DerangederX]

@Kindred1a1 Did you even read my post? I am guessing not. The fail troll is fail.

[Kindred1a1]

@DerangederX

You said thats what happens when u let religion into your life. And seeing as how to video is depicting people that are fanatically religious, one can only assume that your statement was a derogatory comment towards religion.

[DerangederX]

@cataubawoman It's rather self-explanatory. 

[cataubawoman]

@DerangederX No, that's what happens when you are terrified and desperate and will do anything in hopes that you will be spared from death.

[SilentSamurai1000]

The flagellants are lithuanian! Maybe I was a flagellant in my past life? >:D

[HokutenKnigth]

God loves you... yes even if you are a Jews... no History is wrong... yes Historians are evil... yes we must kill all historians.

[IwillKillYourCereal]

I keep hearing "flatulence" no matter how hard I try not to XD

[keyanage]

epicdemic

[glennmunro01]

In my area 500 people a day die....I live in Dallas. some right before your eyes, over permission to buy or sell. Money. yeah they have laws for that, but it doesnt work, for what we think its for.

[glennmunro01]

You can have a bunch of laws, but it doesnt change, the fact they are all in anti sway of creation, and intelligence. There were laws for all kinds of stuff, that are very unwise, and artifical or counter creation. Which in its purest form, would be anti, spirit. Of creation. Cutting down trees...????? Is a law for crucifictions???? NO wearing a beard???? divorcing??? Eating animals????? Building codes....masonry..circumcision­...Yeah science...nuclear power?  laws for that.doesnt work.

[glennmunro01]

The people were assuaded, by Catharism, which is Gnosticism destroyed Egypt, in the Northern Territory called Hell. or in name Heliopolis. Hellenist. People practicing these ancient actions, affected even the holy. Doesnt matter, a good person, or not, when the others in the world, blow up a city with radiation, or dump bio's in water upstream. Be prayerful, Fasting, introduces acetone, in your blood, to kill this crap off. It takes a few days though to establish Ketosis.

[glennmunro01]

The sons of light, all recommended, using plants, in a tincture, in an oil, and eating this. Vow of the Nazim,,,is vegetarian. Hygiene. No yeast. One of the active ingedients is Cannibis, Aloe, and Cinnamon, with MYRRH. Or, Camphor Phonique. we make soap, toothpaste, and salves, I make a wine called Thebes out of it, the recipe comes from, Noah's grandson. It is recorded as a cure for the canker, or ulcerations and other diseases. But it is illegal. In areas of false religions. Real Holy Oil

[glennmunro01]

More than that die from alcohol, and tobacco everyday. Thousands.

[unapologeticmind]

...This leaves only the Early Middle Ages (500-1000), which was a very specific period which involved large migrations, endemic warfare, etc. However, it would be wrong to classify even this period the way you described it and few historians today would call the Early Middle Ages (500-1000) as the Dark Ages. On one hand, you had Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire in Southeast Europe. On the other hand, you had the Carolingian Empire in Western Europe...

[MrArmoiries]

The sheer irony in both senses: a god ignoring pleas of humanity in face of devestation; god bless us athiests.

[TonjeMariEngen]

Poor jews...will they never be left in peace?

[unapologeticmind]

@xplosive2023 Silly, sure, but compared to whom? Medieval Incas who were cutting out hearts of people in their temples to pacify their Gods, medieval Muslims with their rituals from dawn to dusk, medieval Africans who still lived their lives as hunterer-gatherers, medieval Asians who practiced countless superstitions and daily ceremonies. By modern standards, everyone was "silly" 700 years ago and Europeans were not even close to being the "silliest". The Flaggelants were only a minor movement.

[echatterwa]

@unapologeticmind Medieval Europe was WAY behind medieval Asia in pretty much every indicator (technology, medicine, infrastructure, philosophy, arts, etc.). During the Middle Ages, Europe pretty much had no new innovations, while Asia was innovating by leaps and bounds. The developmental difference between East Asia and Northern Europe in the medieval era was a lot like the difference between Europe and sub-Saharan Africa today.

[unapologeticmind]

Renaissance art had no match among Asian art until modern times. Medieval European architecture such as Hagia Sophia, the Chartres and Florence cathedrals would have impressed any visitor from Asia (not to mention preexisting ancient sites). Medieval European law was superior to any Asian system of laws and autonomous institutions such as the universities were unheard of in Asia. Philosophy? Medieval European philosophy led to the Scientific Revolution. What did Asian philosophies lead to?

[echatterwa]

@unapologeticmind I'm not talking about the Renaissance. I'm talking about the medieval era, i.e 500-1300. During that time, Europe had almost no new innovations. Its technology and infrastructure was WAY behind that of Asia, especially East Asia. The only "law" that existed in Europe at that time was strict Christian law, which included such wonders as burning at the stake for "heresy".

Europe finally started to take off in the Renaissance, at the end of the Middle Ages.

[unapologeticmind]

@echatterwa The Renaissance (from 14th century) was a part of the Middle Ages (until ca 1500), so when you say Medieval Europe you have to be more specific The High Middle Ages (1000-1300) were also a very vibrant time in European history.. Ever heard of the 12th century Renaissance? During this time the first universities were founded (starting with Bologna in 1078), Roman law and Greek philosophy were revived, many new inventions (mechanical clock, dry compass, etc) were made...

[unapologeticmind]

So, the High Middle Ages (1000-1300) were far from the way you've described them. As for law, you're wrong there too. Secular Roman law was taught at universities (which were themselves secular) from 1088, though it had never completely dissappeared with the fall of Rome. The Investiture Controversy during the 11th-12th centuries further solidified the separation of Church and State. Europe during the High Middle Ages (1000-1300) had the most advanced laws and institutions in the world....

[echatterwa]

@unapologeticmind Europe during the High Middle Ages used to burn people at the stake for violating Biblical/Church law. Remember Giordano Bruni, Galileo's predecessor? Roman law may have been taught at universities, but Western Europe was still very much a dictatorship controlled at the top by the Catholic Church.

[echatterwa]

@unapologeticmind Also, even very late in the Middle Ages, most of the scholarly work being done in Europe was based on copying already advanced work from the Middle East (in science, mathematics, astronomy, and medicine). Only after the Renaissance did Europe start to undertake original scientific innovation.

[echatterwa]

@unapologeticmind I'll add that the Aztec Empire was also significantly more advanced than Europe at the time Cortes arrived. Cortes himself commented on how Tenochtitlan's infrastructure was several times better than that of any European city.

[unapologeticmind]

@echatterwa The Aztecs had no written language while Europeans extensively studied and wrote about law, philosophy, theology, astronomy and other sciences, theories of music, etc... Tell me a little about the Aztec Boethius, Aquinas, Copernicus, Vesalius, Roger Bacon.... And when did the Aztecs grant their universities institutional autonomy? How about limiting the power of their ruler through acts such as Magna Carta? How well did the Aztecs understand the economical foundations of a society?

[progressivecommunist]

Why does this guy not make the clips 10 minutes long? 5 is just plain annoying.

[clamantuanguyan]

the cross-carrying fanatics appear as if they were zombies roaming for flesh

[yowurstnitmare]

i don't respect the religious concern with ritual and even burial back then because ppl didn't value life and the suffering ppl endured. too hypocritical.

[xplosive2023]

ROFL, Europe was way too silly back then.

[hatchbx]

ok, this marks the 3rd time the narrator has introduced the flatulents as if it were the first! wtf 

[GEOWOO230]

Socoolscieneshow......did you mean Flatulents?...not to be sniffed at LOLOL

[silentXvojce]

why the fuck those german fanatics speak lithuanian?

[keenewalter]

Dumb dead language

[kevdude82]

How could a bunch of people who whipped the shit out of themselves subdue an entire church?

[SshakeAndBake]

@kevdude82 well not completely because there are still alot of Catholics today. I think the History channel likes to over exaggerate sometimes.

[windofthegods]

how many goddamn parts are there to this!! its a plague of parts!!!

[Socoolscienceshow]

LMAO !Everytime I hear Flagellants I think of a fart! LMAO

[NorthernerMatty123]

Oh god a Jew walking into a town full of insane flagellants bad bad idea.

[smp156]

omg

i thought they were saying FLATULENCE

and when i heard the line "even cows were described as talking because of the ...."

well, takes on a whole new meaning

[Bethalaine]

@smp156 "DAM WHO MADE DAT STANK"

[hussam0ntreal]

fuck the church and the pop up his ass with a cross and jesus on top

[Sleipnir101]

When I look at the picture of what painting of the Black Death look like,I saw what is was from 1:20 to 1:34 it's horrible and the most scaring thing I ever saw.This plague is awful how can you stand it?

[thissnowtastefunny]

No Whores SON OF A BITCH! xD

[LordReevan]

it killed 400 a day?! and people call the swine flu an epidemic

[RubicsCubeProduction]

@LordReevan

Smoking kills 400 ppl a day aswell...

[Hunte9753]

@LordReevan The swine flu is nothing no one died and if they did it's because they didn't take care of themselves.

[OneLazyNinja]

@LordReevan it's better to look at it as a percent. 400 people a day back then is like TENS OF THOUSANDS today. Even AIDS can't stand against the toll this took. And it came back over and over and over..

[Verhoeven1980]

@LordReevan

Considering todays population it would kill thousands. Swine flu is just a joke. Maybe a hoax to make money. At last I think so.

[ShiraYuki619]

@Verhoeven1980 nope,it's real

[david22409]

@LordReevan It used to kill even 700 a day at its highest. Scary.

[MrDirectorMan18]

@LordReevan lol serious and those flajalences !

[babybookworm003]

@LordReevan your right the plauge makes the swine flu minor but it also makes all the other epidemics look like a walk in the park really

[TashaRichardsonFan]

Fuck Religion.

[starhealer14]

it only leads to war

[subscribefori]

if i were in tht situation id move my family into the woods were no one was, and if a lrd or something owned the area, id hide as best as i could...

and what is that fog everywhere!?

[mokeynam50]

@subscribefori remember the plage came from flees so you have a possabillaty of getting bit by a flee

[RubicsCubeProduction]

@subscribefori

drama

[c1t1zensn1ps]

1:59- 2:01 lol cheap editing.

[dimaev]

@c1t1zensn1ps

This is a History Channel documentary, not a hollywood blockbuster

[themainthing1974]

Medieval Europe sounds so hellish that I really wonder if death from the plague could have really been that much worse. At least when someone died he escaped it all!

[MrsSarb]

They didn't know anything else though so to them they had a good life. By our standards today it sounds like hell though.

[bistrosidecar]

There's a really good museum called Dvblinia in Dublin. They have a plague room that emulates the smell of rotting bodies. It's absolutely disgusting but really realistic. There's a poor staff member who has to stand at the door in the room all day.

[Roosterboy100]

GOOOOOOD!

[DachsHasstings]

That's interesting , but seriously disgusting. I would go there though, because I want to know what it was like living in that kind of environment.

[Bethalaine]

@bistrosidecar They're probably used to it. Or maybe they put smelling oils in their nostrils or something. But yeah, that's nasty. Maybe they use meat to emulate the scent? It soudns interesting.

[bistrosidecar]

@Bethalaine It really is. If you're ever in Ireland you should visit :)

[Socoolscienceshow]

@bistrosidecar thats could be dangerous depending on what they use to create the smell.

[bistrosidecar]

@Socoolscienceshow Dublin is a VERY politically correct city when it comes to health. I think anything dangerous would've been shut down. I reckon they use those scent emulators that Ralph Lauren stores use at Christmas time (to lure people in). If you ever take a trip round Europe you should definitely pop in though. It's a great interactive museum. :)

[r8wing]

@bistrosidecar

That's really interesting, I have to visit that museum:)

[bistrosidecar]

@r8wing It's just been refurbished. Keep passing it on the bus and meaning to go in. Really great place. Totally worth the entrance fee.

[glennmunro01]

@bistrosidecar How would they know what that smells like? where they there? And if it is the smell of death, then what are they using to make this smell, and why are they breathing it?

[matteoprez]

@bistrosidecar He's not just a poor staff member. He's Chuck Norris.

[paulwritesfights]

@bistrosidecar just a question, in this room you speak of are there any rules against masturbating?

[101rocketmail]

@bistrosidecar I have got to see that!!! Poor staff member. I hope he/she has lots of perfume.

[koenan1]

@bistrosidecar I've been there! That is a neat place to visit for all things Medieval.

[freedomsfart]

Maybe the zealots should have been flatulents.

[SteveRessel]

If you think about it, religion did hold the key to abating the plague: keep clean, and keep clean your environment. The plague would have still spread, but probably killed a small fraction, if people just cleaned everything as described in the Bible.

[mmedefarge]

Because the pagan Romans loved their daily baths, the Christian church taught that bathing was sinful. The Church taught that cats were demonic & had them killed off. By killing the cats, the rat population was allowed to flourish & therefore the rat flea. It's no coincidence that the most deadly & numerous plagues occurred when the Church's influence was at it's greatest.

[cpisretartedmuch]

fladulents = emos

[Soldierman345]

lol

[HUDJ0679790]

more like "lunatic".

[altarush]

Maybe God was upset because the pope was in France,not in Rome. He should have gone back to where he came from and who cares what the French king says.

[bobflipinHHH]

oh then i guess i can speak latin,

[yankeegurl62]

He was speaking Latin, the language of the Catholic church.

[nathaliehh]

What language is the flaggelant speaking, not German.. Portugese?

[pedro270569]

not portuguese or ancient portuguese

[kimskis]

@nathaliehh

he's actually speaking modern lithuanian...LOL