12 CASTLE misconceptions debunked by visiting REAL CASTLES!

Literally all of these misconceptions were told to us by our last guide visiting a castle here in germany (Rheinland Pfalz) lmao. And i thought so many times, that it didnt make sense .

Wait, you're telling me that your usual video set isn't a real castle?

2:15 "The person at the lower level has the advantage in combat..." As if millions of Star Wars fans suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

The other flaw with Misconception #2 is that most soldiers train to fight in fields, and fields aren't flat, so why would an uneven floor be a greater hindrance than a hillock with knee-high grass and hidden holes in it?

I don’t know why but Shadiversity talking about Castles is my favorite content from him. Nothing insane, just him and some Stone Walls and Houses

I suspect that, especially in banquet halls, the wall tapestries would help with the noise level. Imagine having all the people of a banquet, party, or other gathering in a giant stone room with hard stone or plaster wall surface. Vast amounts of sound reflection and echo, raising the noise floor and forcing people to then speak even louder to be heard. (Like the noise level in a modern restaurant with an 'industrial' theme' of bare brick walls and exposed beam ceiling) The fabrics of wall tapestries would absorb some of that reflected noise, break that feedback loops, and make for a quieter more enjoyable environment (in addition to looking great)

Dude's claymore is so rad. I love how he attends all these medieval castles in full period clothing, and again, a frigging claymore at his hip

A fellow Aussie here, I’ve living in England for 18 years. I’ve been making good use of my English Heritage membership for the past 18 years, exploring as many castles and monasteries as I can. They’re wonderful!! I’ve been to Castel Coch and Cardiff Castle a few times - they look AMAZING, however their interiors are the product of the mind of the eccentric, bonkers, genius William Burges. They were designed to be what Burges and his friend and client, the Marquis of Bute, thought a medieval castle should look like, not what they actually looked like. The exterior and structure of Castel Coch is incredible and accurate, but the interior decoration is entirely Burges - and the world is better for it!!! :))))) I’m guessing you were able to get permission to film inside Cadw castles but not English Heritage? And nice that Warwick Castle gave you permission too. All in all, a great video to show people who get to Europe what castles look like inside. I look forward to checking out the others from this trip :)

Anybody else notice that YT is actually giving us recommendations to Shads vids? After his complaint video I have gotten more recommendations in the last 11 days than in the last 5 months.

I made my wife's dreams come true, and we were married in a castle. But you sure wouldn't have known it from the look on her face as we were bouncing around during the ceremony.

13:10 you’re telling me that servants had a better retirement plan than almost every human being today. Imma go cry a bit

2:08 “It’s over Obi-wan, I have the low ground”

"If we make the floors and stairs uneven, that will give us the advantage!" 😊 "Ow crap! They had uneven floors and stairs in their castles too?" 😳

You missed a very salient point when talking about “garish” walls and furniture in a castle. It appears that in all the rooms you were in had electrical lights. So, yes, authentically painted, decorated furniture (etc) were all bright. Take those same rooms and illuminate them strictly with fire: candles, torches and the occasional oil lamp. Suddenly, the “garish” walls and furniture are muted in color, yet stand out. Polished furniture would blend into the gloom except for the immediate area of illumination. Good myth busting video. Cheers!

One common misconception that you missed and made in the video is the idea that the large iron pots were stew/porridge pots directly as their primary purpose. they were more often filled with water, and containers and pouches and sealable pots submerged into them to cook multiple items at once for the length of time each item needs to be cooked for. even dense breads. where in the pot they were could also control the temp as they'd be packed fairly full. it was rare that they would be used directly as cooking pots/vessels themselves despite how movies portray them.

I lived in Germany for nearly 8 years, and spent a lot of time touring castles and talking with historians. The fact is that strategy and tactics changed through the years. Just because one castle doesn't have a certain defensive measure, does not mean that the defensive measure wasn't used later or earlier. For example, in one castle there was an obvious change that was made to the arches leading into the castle. See, when the castle was first built, the arches were high enough so that someone on horse back could ride all the way into the inner parts of the castle. Later, they lowered the archway. Why? To help defend the castle, they wanted to to make it impossible for the enemy to ride their horses through the arches. Why? Because a mounted soldier had an advantage, and if they forced them off their horses, it would give the defenders the advantage. The defensive measure of building spiral staircases going one direction is true...but for a different time, a different strategy, and likely, a different geographic location.

It is interesting how we feel that rough stone and unpainted furniture is "authentic". If we were to see a TV show or movie with authentic furniture that is painted, it would look wrong. It is bigger than just medieval timeframes. All of the bold white marble statues that we think of from Greek antiquity were painted with bold colors in a way that we would consider "garish" or "tacky" by todays standards. If a time period movie showed the statues painted... people would complain. And the Egyptian pyramids were covered with a fine layer of white limestone... they would be blazingly white, not the sandstone color we associate with them.

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Wall tapestries have another advantage - sound insulation, to cut down on echoes or sound carrying a distance within the castle..

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