How to Build the Perfect Medieval Castle
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День томуThis is Epic History TV's guide to building the perfect castle, based on the development of European medieval castles over 400 years of history. We trace the origins of the castle in the feudal system that emerged in France c.900 CE, and look at the early motte-and-bailey castle, used by the Normans to subjugate England and Wales in the 11th century. We then look at how castle's became stronger and more sophisticated, with the addition of stone curtain walls, massive keeps, towers (square, round and D-shaped), as well as powerful gatehouses, barbicans, machicolations and moats.
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@EpichistoryTv 3 роки тому
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@ok-nw1pb 3 роки тому
Plz give me a heart🙏
@neptune5503 3 роки тому
this video is great never know when i need to build a castle
@siyacer 3 роки тому
Reinforce
@theodoresmith5272 3 роки тому
I no it's not a castle but I thought Toledo in Spain was the best fortified city ever pre gun powder. There was just a little place in the french alps I think that was on a high mountain pass that was 3 keeps on 3 high points coming 90 degrees to the very tight to a wall on the other side of the road.
@infernocanuck 3 роки тому
Listen, I love the content on this channel, but I am very skeptical you actually have been "playing Crusader Kings 3". This is very likely what your sponsors asked you to write on a pinned comment, as an additional form of advertising for your product. Ads are a part of content, I get that, but I really don't like these deceitful testimonials
@abdulmoeedsohail3635 3 роки тому
I think most of us don’t realise how privileged we are to have access to such high quality content without having to pay a single dollar. Respect to the people behind this channel 🤜🏼🤛🏼
@joycon7121 3 роки тому
I agree
@ArcanicFire 3 роки тому
As someone who studied european and medieval history in university, this video also supplies some awesome and accurate information you don’t usually get on UKposts. That’s how great this is.
@rjboxxer1502 3 роки тому
I don’t pay a single dollar for tv either. And it’s pretty good, guess maybe since they’re both supported with ads, eh???
@Kraterlandschaft 3 роки тому
Let alone having to build and fight in or even towards castles and fortresses.
@tankythemagnorite9855 3 роки тому
indeed
@shadiversity 3 роки тому
A truly phenomenal video, comprehensive, detailed and accurate. Well done!
@steve8610 3 роки тому
*MACHICULATIOOOOOOOOOOOOOONSSS-AHH!!!!* ...I'm sorry, I couldn't resist 😅
@thegardenofesim1174 3 роки тому
Shadiversity I was about to look for Shad and here you are So how about dragons
@phigu198 3 роки тому
Oh there you are. I was thinking about you at 13:04
@rinflame44 3 роки тому
One does not simply talk about castles on youtube without Shad...
@pascalstrijker3985 3 роки тому
One cant make a perfect castle without machicolations
@doomstadt2371 2 роки тому
I personally love how everything has a fancy name right up until they got to the "murder holes" lol
@vegvisirphotography5632 Рік тому
Come to Scotland. Instead of a fancy name for a wooden, hand held weapon which inflicts instant death? We simply called it a "Chib Stick". I think you can figure what getting chibbed means man haha. Picture a coffin and you'll know someone's been chibbed! Enjoy your new favourite word. Next time someone pisses you off? You're going to want to chib the ba*****s
@bobbygetsbanned6049 Рік тому
Yeah they didn't sugar coat that one at all lmao.
@ered203 Рік тому
It sounds better in French...Meurtrière.
@marcwhitlock5002 Рік тому
Was such an important upgrade in aoe2
@reallyhappenings5597 11 місяців тому
Soldiers still call holes in defensive walls by that name
@bindair_dundat Рік тому
My father told me when I was a kid, I loved drawing castles. It was before the age of the internet, and we weren't travelling much, so my imagination and what I have seen in movies were all I knew about castles or warfare. And every time I finished a drawing, I planned an assault on it, found a weakness, and designed the next one to eliminate that flaw. And every time I learned something new about medieval warfare, like siege weapons, I added it to the next design. Wish I had any of those drawings now, because I don't remember any of it. Would be fun to analyze them.
@spectate0074 11 місяців тому
that actually sounds like a really cool hobby. can maybe even use miniatures to play out the attacks irl too.
@ccstudios1157 3 місяці тому
That is really neat ngl
@josephpostma1787 2 місяці тому
@@spectate0074 That's called medieval tabletop wargaming.
@THECHEESELORD69 Місяць тому
Well no time like the present! Why stop now?
@yahuchanonyakov Місяць тому
Re-draw them...I'm sure your talent is still there....
@stuart1346 3 роки тому
Wales “we can take our country back” England builds strong gatehouses. Wales has left the game
@Conorp77 3 роки тому
The gatehouses were merely a set-back...
@jordinagel1184 3 роки тому
Edward I: “Look at our great castles! Tremble in fear at the sight of their impregnable walls” English architect, muttering: “It’s only a model...” Edward I: “Hush!”
@owainevans89 3 роки тому
Owain glyndwr ..... hold my beer
@welshed 3 роки тому
Meh, we’re still here buddy and not going anywhere.
@Conorp77 3 роки тому
@@jordinagel1184 We should thank Edward. In the end, he built us some mighty fine tourist attractions.
@parashit2181 3 роки тому
Imagine building this perfect castle for years, and complete just before the gun powder ages.
@vitor_kelps1548 3 роки тому
Or even worst, which I think it's kind common, die before finishing it...
@nunyabiznes33 2 роки тому
Harren Hoarse after building Harrenhal. 😂
@TrangDB9 2 роки тому
@@vitor_kelps1548 nah, the heirs can still carry on. But with the beginning of gunpowder age, also they would be done with it. Yet, it's still safer than nothing, even in this day and age it'd be. Not against an army of course.
@MasteIsIllmatic 2 роки тому
@@TrangDB9 yes even in this day and age it would be better than nothing. Especially if you build a bomb shelter under with food and water to last months.
@crapthisisalongusern 2 роки тому
Our build bigger guns than them and take them out at range.
@marigeobrien 2 роки тому
When I went on a tour of Windsor Castle, I was surprised to discover that most castles were not built simply to defend the lord or duke or king, but was meant to house the entire population of the land. That is, a knight, lord or duke's land, since each was given a certain amount of land with their title. That land was farmed by serfs during the feudal age and other residents afterwards. THIS is not often mentioned and much misunderstood. You see, the lord/duke/knight wanted to take care of all his people. Without them, the land was worthless. This is why castles were so large and often had quite a lot of living quarters-- because they had to house and protect all the people, not just a few. At Windsor castle, for instance, there were many apartments above each of the buildings in both the inner and outer wards. But that seems to be forgotten by modern historians, perhaps because they were usually built of wood and many were destroyed over time. But no one ever mentions it and I think it's important to remember that these nobles had an obligation (which was in their own best interest, too) to the commoners.
@jout738 Рік тому
Yes they propably like more the idea of king and queen living in their own castle, but between the inner and outer walls there were houses where the soldiers lived for example, while the king lived in the biggest castle building in top of the hill, so its just like how cities can form, when Rome had its own walls and over million people lived inside of it, while the emperor just lives in his big personal palace in preatty centre of the city typically in top of hill.
@ianstobie Рік тому
While having a large population was useful in peacetime, once a serious siege started I'm afraid those incapable of contributing actively to the defence were at risk of being expelled by the defenders. Since many sieges ended when the defenders were starved out, non-combatants could be seen as a burden - "useless mouths". This concept has a very long history, and would probably be familiar to any educated aristocrat involved in warfare. A basic text for learning Latin is Caesar's Gallic Wars. In it Caesar describes his decisive victory at Alesium (in 52 BCE), a fortified town in Gaul. Running out of food, the defending Gauls expelled their women and children. Also running out of food, Caesar forbad his surrounding soldiers from taking them in, even as slaves. The story doesn't have a happy ending for the non-combatant Gaulish families. They would have been better off fleeing the scene well before the siege started.
@marigeobrien Рік тому
@@ianstobie That is a typically short-sighted, 20th century view. Believe it or not, in those days, the nobles understood that, without those people farming the lands and working the trades, survival was even less likely, should they survived the siege. So, I beg to differ. This was especially true after the great plague, when that is exactly what happened; most of those lost were the ones who knew how to farm, how to make cheese and bread and do all the "simple" things that kept them alive. Once upon a time, it was understood that each part of society had its value. No more.
@steviechampagne Рік тому
@@marigeobrienexactly. humans are NOT equal, and when we had a defining hierarchy in our kingdoms, every class of human was better off; from the rich nobles to the poor peasant masses. It was the right system, but the industrial age destroyed peak western society
@bobbygetsbanned6049 Рік тому
It's not forgotten, I'd say it's more implied since before this time it was city walls throughout basically all of civilized history. A castle can't be just a king/noble and an army, there's no way to survive.
@totrigo6834 Рік тому
The ad on this video is perhaps the best, most well-fitted and captivating one I've ever seen. You can see on the replay graph that people not only don't skip it, but actually replay it.
@bumba5897 11 днів тому
ye bc its a banging game
@KingsandGenerals 3 роки тому
Have been looking forward to this episode for some time now! Congrats on 800k!
@EpichistoryTv 3 роки тому
Thank you K&G!
@onetwothreefourfive12345 3 роки тому
Maybe you should charge back the money you sent to BLM and give it to an actual force for good, like Epic History TV?
@ritaDas-xl4kz 3 роки тому
What two of most favourite youtube channels together!!
@residentelect 3 роки тому
@@onetwothreefourfive12345 We all have our opinions on BLM etc, but don't bring all that bollocks onto EHTV mate. I, and many others, come here to escape the idiocy and degeneracy going on IRL. Let's keep it about Castles, eh?
@KingsandGenerals 3 роки тому
@@ritaDas-xl4kz EHTV is OG. :-)
@pozzthanapat 3 роки тому
Epic History TV: What do you want to see next? Me: YES
@dougthedonkey1805 3 роки тому
I just want to see next
@THECHEESELORD69 Місяць тому
@@dougthedonkey1805who’s next?
@guardianofthetoasters2323 2 роки тому
It is impressive how efficient we were in making these things despite being so limited back then. We really can be clever creatures if we wanted to
@tom-vf1xv Рік тому
hard times create good men and all that
@bobbygetsbanned6049 Рік тому
Back when freemasons had more to do than just circle jerk each other.
@AverageAlien Рік тому
We were not limited we had more freedom
@spectate0074 11 місяців тому
@@AverageAlien ikr old doesnt = dumb.
@THECHEESELORD69 Місяць тому
@@AverageAlienwe still have that freedom, you just have to use it.
@papasitoz7891 6 місяців тому
Who the hell needs the history channel when he have this masterpiece entertainment 🙌🏼
@olandewgamers9573 3 роки тому
This is exactly how you do a video sponsor: highly relevant to the main content and even complementary to the overall context 😊
@Yourebeautyfull 2 роки тому
I very much approve their choice of sponsorship!
@macman6107 2 роки тому
Agreed.
@JacobDoesFutball 11 місяців тому
yes exactly usually i skip the sponsors the only ones i don't are mr beast and this video
@WIZARDOFTX5 3 роки тому
Me who just wanted to use this as reference for my minecraft castle: Hmm yes
@ivanovicjelena4156 3 роки тому
You can still take advise
@lucabanks6581 3 роки тому
same
@xowy9530 3 роки тому
Legit the reason I’m here
@thepoglin8479 3 роки тому
Thats literaly just what i did I made it out of wood because im here to earn my castle
@UltraBeatZ 3 роки тому
Same here, This is good for inspiration and information on how to build and design your minecraft castle.
@evanwilliams9588 Рік тому
This is by far the best video I’ve seen on YT explaining castles. Perfect balance of history, architecture, and beautiful CGI artwork. Well done. Please don’t ever stop making great content!
@andrewkiffe5354 Рік тому
Truly an imposing and wondrous time to create those majestic castles . I wish we had structures like them here in the US. I really appreciate the history and style, if I was wealthy enough to have my own mansion, I would build a structure like those castles!
@dcarbs2979 Рік тому
I appreciate your interest, but these castles are much more than a mansion. A modern US mansion's cost would be about the extension to one of the wings of the castle. For example, the Windsor Castle repairs to the 1992 fire cost £60m in structural repair and another £30m in decoration. And that was little more than one room! A mighty fine room, obviously, but just one room nonetheless. 24ct Gold gilding everywhere to be seen, the finest hand-painted walls and ceilings, and hand-carved wood panelling and pargetry. No modern building would come close to that level of work. Oh yeah, and Windsor Castle has over 1000 rooms, not including the outbuildings on the estate, which themselves could each be considered mansions (despite more humble names such as 'cottage')
@mickeyminsky4776 Рік тому
@@dcarbs2979 Toured England and Ireland a few years ago. Windsor Castle stands out far above ALL of what I saw and experienced. Truly awesome.
@bobbygetsbanned6049 Рік тому
@@dcarbs2979 You're talking about a restoration of a historic building though, a restoration is always way more expensive than a new build. If you used reinforced poured concrete on a new build it would be a lot cheaper for what you get.
@williamd1891 Рік тому
Castles may return if/when the zombie apocalypse hits. 🤣
@badgermoon9229 Рік тому
@@williamd1891 What do you mean "if"?
@elJimjim 3 роки тому
Handy information to use on Age Of Empires.
@jde-jj1lu 3 роки тому
alrighty then
@RoastLambShanks 3 роки тому
None of this makes a difference to the game, wish it did. Even doesn't make much difference to Stronghold
@fijnman3813 3 роки тому
Double gate and trap your enemy is a good one though
@darki4 3 роки тому
@@fijnman3813 Would be good if it was possible to keep your own gate opened
@barbiquearea 3 роки тому
@@RoastLambShanks You can still build the layout of a castle with this guide. Just make the castle building the main keep, surrounded by a fortified wall as it's curtain wall, lined with towers. You could have the barracks, stables and other military structures inside this stronghold as well.
@kapibaran3502 3 роки тому
I lived in Poland for couple years and i lived in a city close to Malbork and i can't tell you how beautiful that castle is. When i first went to visit that castle i was shocked how massive it actually is and how beautiful it looks inside and outside. If anybody likes to travel and visit castles i have to say that the Malbork castle is a must see.
@EpichistoryTv 3 роки тому
I visited Malbork a couple of years ago, it's an incredible sight.
@anja.kuhelj 3 роки тому
While I studies in Czech Republic I visited Gdansk in Jan 19' for only 3 days and I'm so glad I decided to do the train trip to Malbork! It was a lazy cloudy cold Saturday morning and I was almost alone there, such an unreal experience! So worth it!
@maximkretsch7134 3 роки тому
The Marienburg was the headquarter of the Teutonic Order until 1945. No wonder it is that massive.
@wtflol2721 3 роки тому
@@maximkretsch7134 The castle was built by the Teutonic Order. During the Thirteen Years' War of the Teutonic Order with Poland, the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Casimir IV Jagiellonian, bought the Teutonic castle in Malbork for190,000. florins (about 660 kg of gold). The sale was made by Czech mercenaries led by Ulryk Czerwonka, to whom the order stopped paying their wages.
@johnholt9399 2 роки тому
I agree is amazing
@PsychedelicMakai 4 місяці тому
Any Minecraft player wanting to build castle
@SaitamaStand Місяць тому
Same lol
@user-xf8nh1we7l Місяць тому
Every castle should be better than your last. A buddy of mine built his keep with aquariums for walls. Kinda cool.
@simeonellinger2064 13 днів тому
My first home in Minecraft was a castle. My basement had windows looking into the moat so you could see all the mobs drowning. The moat became a necessity after I learned spiders could climb my walls. Spent a whole night in my archery tower shooting them off. Don't look too close at creepers through the moat glass....
@jonny5777 2 роки тому
Your video sponsor went perfectly with your video I think it’s the only time I’ve ever actually wanted something that I’ve seen on a UKposts advert
@bradforddean1 3 роки тому
15:09 Dover Castle "the key to England". 1987 I woke up after hitchhiking to Dover, the night before a driver dropped me off there. I tried to get myself down from the forested hill, but there were too many paths and roads winding all over the place. After about an hour I found a clearing and before me in all its glory was the mountainous castle Dover. I had no idea it was there. It made quite the impression that morning
@Dayvit78 3 роки тому
Did you have your army with you?
@FlexBeanbag 3 роки тому
@@Dayvit78 ukposts.info/have/v-deo/ep2UbYR9nZ6pmGg.html
@reverix 3 роки тому
Nobody: Me: *Incase i need to build a castle in the future*
@filmeonproductions 3 роки тому
once the world ends and returns to feudalism , we have enough knowledge to rule over the non castle building peasants
@Ealdorman_of_Mercia 3 роки тому
better idea: propose a girl to go see castles and impress everyone with your knowledge hehe They will take you for a master of war.
@ohnibboi3102 3 роки тому
Me: Minecraft
@insectslayer1374 3 роки тому
@@ohnibboi3102 a man of culture
@glyphgraph8436 3 роки тому
it's a reference for my castle in DQB2..
@ekcman Рік тому
Not even AoE4's tutorials give such a detailed yet bottom-up "introduction" to the Castle, great work!
@eatbirb3570 10 місяців тому
That’s what I was thinking
@Specter_1125 Рік тому
I believe the “decorative cross shaped” arrow loops are actually so both crossbow man and longbowman could use the same loops effectively. Arrow slits specific for cross bows are just horizontal slits.
@annoyed707 Рік тому
Even with a crossbow you need a useful field of view including the ability to see near and far.
@neymarmessironaldo5881 3 роки тому
This background dramatic song never gets old also the narrator leaves me interested in the documentary like no one else. I would honestly pay to help with your content. Sadly im 17
@warciminal2076 3 роки тому
Feel ja m8. I wanna pay 100 dollars per montg. But i am 15, and i hate this fact maaaan. 😭😭😭
@Phe_ 3 роки тому
Albano-Roman Guy sounds 5 the way they wrote that
@neymarmessironaldo5881 3 роки тому
@@Phe_ u wrote very bad urself. At least i could comprehend what albano said
@lukeklo 3 роки тому
@@neymarmessironaldo5881 i cant comprehend most of what i see in youtube comments tbh
@siegpasta 3 роки тому
@@warciminal2076 Don't take your youth for granted :D you have only a few more years left of this no-responsibility, just enjoy life and worry about nothing -life-style! Enjoy it while it lasts! Sure, you might not have money now, but once you get older, the money comes with alot of other responsibilities and your free time diminishes drastically! Make sure you don't take your youth for granted ! You will wish you didn't once you get older :D
@spdcrzy 3 роки тому
The BEST goddamn integration of a sponsor spot I have ever seen in my life.
@darthsilversith667 2 роки тому
Flawless seams lol
@macman6107 2 роки тому
Yes.
@spnountky Рік тому
If you're interested in medieval castles, I would sugget to take a look at the Guedelon castle in France. It's a castle being build nowadays but with medieval technology and thus unveiling a lot of understanding as to why castles were bult this way. Thanks a lot for your awesome videos !
@Fall51 Рік тому
ترجمة
@xenopsytron2936 2 місяці тому
Thanks man. Saw a video about it once and was searching for the name.
@arnaudh.681 Місяць тому
C'est chez moi ! J'attendais ce commentaire. 😁☝️👌
@gpm_asr 2 роки тому
Holy cow, this is so beautiful and awesome. What an excellent job for everyone involved. Thank you thank you very much!
@TeutonicEmperor1198 3 роки тому
Oh God, I would kill to watch an episode about star and bastion forts! Please Epic History consider my request!!!
@christianwestling2019 3 роки тому
"Until the arrival of gun powder" Fun fact: The syrian army actully held out inside Krak de Chevalier during the civil war. The castle withstood grenades from the rebels until they were chased of. Pretty cool. Awsome video!
@afinoxi 3 роки тому
Which Syrian army exactly ? It stood because the outer wall of Crac des Chevaliers is a retaining wall , literally the back of the outer wall is just meters and meters of hard dirt and rock.
@christianwestling2019 3 роки тому
@@afinoxi The government.
@afinoxi 3 роки тому
@@christianwestling2019 ...which government lmao ? Esed ?
@GoyFromFinland 3 роки тому
@@afinoxi The original, only Syrian government?
@christianwestling2019 3 роки тому
@@GoyFromFinland yes
@Vanastar 2 роки тому
15:56 A lot of castles, particularly in England, didn't so much slide into ruin as get deliberately defaced or destroyed so that bandits, rebels and opposing forces during civil wars couldn't use them as defensive holdouts.
@crispinjulius5032 Рік тому
I absolutely LOVE Epic History. The presentation, music, information and narrator’s voice. Proud to sponsor them!
@mikhailgorbachev1427 3 роки тому
srsly no othr channel has videos of this quality even topics im not interested in like building casltes makes me want to watch it all just because the videos are soo good.
@joku02 3 роки тому
I can highly recommend Shadiversity`s channel for you then
@Jodelplane 3 роки тому
Next video: “How to build the perfect Gulag”
@mikhailgorbachev1427 3 роки тому
@@Jodelplane lol yh
@ghardrimvoreksson7266 3 роки тому
How can you not be interested in how to build a castle? That's a fundamental subject
@mikhailgorbachev1427 3 роки тому
@@ghardrimvoreksson7266 idk i mainly like battles and military history and not so much of architectural like buildings bu tthis video did get me intersted in castles thoough
@exudeku 3 роки тому
Castle: YOU CANNOT DEFEAT ME! Artillery and Gunpower: bonjour
@sangralknight3031 3 роки тому
Nah, population boom, city expansion, and organized professional armies supported by complex supply lines actually did the castle in. The truth is castles were and are an imposing defense structure. I mean, really, people keep babbling about how the medieval technology got outclassed by the modern era and using that as some kind of trump card to say it was useless. Even as of ww2 castles were significant defense structures used as garrisons by armies on both sides. At the end of the day, a stone wall is still a solid defense.
@exudeku 3 роки тому
@@sangralknight3031 ngl, I put that as a meme, but damn the statements I put there is true. From various castles during WWI and II, they are still a behemoth in defence.
@malachi405 3 роки тому
Roman Legions Build a ramp to the top of the wall. Roll up 80 ft high siege towers.
@ashbods8115 3 роки тому
More like Ni Hao
@ArtilleryAffictionado1648 3 роки тому
Star Forts: Oh yeah?? That's nice Mario, come on then :)
@jkabee 2 роки тому
This popped up in my feed today and man, I was just blown away by the quality of the video and narration. As a former “Stronghold” player, I’m very impressed with the game graphic quality and intelligence. I just subbed!
@DivineFalcon 2 роки тому
I recommend David Macaulay's Castle. It's a cartoon that is old as dirt and primarily aimed at kids, but it's still one of the best and most detailed videos about castle construction. Plus it got BRIAN BLESSED as the narrator.
@Eskii_NZL 2 роки тому
Amazing video!! Very informative with some awesome visuals to help get better understanding on what's being said. Well done to the creators of this video 👏
@enigmaticvaran6597 3 роки тому
Perfect castle according to Stronghold: -Walls made exclusively of round towers -Mount with ballista -Fill with Crossbowmen
@bathead8788 2 роки тому
*coughs* karacahisar Castle *Coughs* Conquered *Coughs (x3)* by a tribe
@deathtrooper7760 2 роки тому
forget the balista use the Mange, they are better against the enemy because they throw several stones at the same time, with enough of them it is imposible to cross there field of fire
@lildon112 2 роки тому
Ten round towers all right next to each other
@bathead8788 2 роки тому
also, without any siege equipment
@kalhangigoo421 2 роки тому
@@bathead8788 u got a cold mate? U been coughing everywhere
@bathead8788 2 роки тому
"A castle like this is virtually impregnable until the age of gunpowder" Me: instantly gets flash backs of the siege of Constantinople
@viniciusmenezes9538 2 роки тому
Load me in the cannon Mehmed II, Constantinople is ours
@Dahistoryguy1945 2 роки тому
yup
@Dahistoryguy1945 2 роки тому
i got flashbacks too lol
@MG-qo7kl 2 роки тому
Istanbul now
@skatingfreak1670 2 роки тому
Exactly Constantinople flashes vividly
@horatiobumbleton-smythe9427 2 роки тому
Dover Castle must have one of the longest histories of all castles, from the Roman Pharos to serving as a command centre in WW2. Theres about 2000 years of history on that ground.
@Yora21 2 роки тому
I believe there's a military base in Israel that's been in use even much longer.
@oiledbronze Рік тому
@@Yora21 you mean Palestine
@Yora21 Рік тому
@@oiledbronze I meant Israel, but I don't rule out it might be in Palestine.
@annamosier1950 Рік тому
was located very well
@Mars20231 Рік тому
@@oiledbronze Cringe
@guccihorsepiss2406 Рік тому
I love that you didn't just theorize a massive castle like in Constantinople. But rather an easily repeatable and cost effective piece of perfection.
@galipsekerci7292 4 місяці тому
II. Mehmet the conqueror
@asellandrofacchio7263 25 днів тому
? Constantinople was not a castle
@AgentoftheMartianConspiracy 3 роки тому
Girls: (gushing over living in a romantic chateau) Guys: ( envisioning a castle's perfect kill zone to entrap the enemy)
@jasonsilvernail1450 3 роки тому
Stopping an invasion with the boys.
@LittleLargeMouth 3 роки тому
How are you still single?
@thedyingmeme6 3 роки тому
I'm w/ the bois on this one
@filmeonproductions 3 роки тому
Charging up a mountain with the boys !! - last status update before Agincourt
@AdobadoFantastico 3 роки тому
Not being under imminent threat of murder is pretty useful for creating romantic environments. Kind of difficult otherwise.
@VentiVonOsterreich 3 роки тому
Shadiversity wants to know your location
@EpichistoryTv 3 роки тому
We have been in communication. Only a fool would make a medieval history video without first paying homage.
@VentiVonOsterreich 3 роки тому
@@EpichistoryTv pay homage to the MACHICOLATIONS
@edi9892 3 роки тому
He has honored the comment section of this video...
@commissarf1196 3 роки тому
Shad already bless this video on it's comment section with his GLORIOUS *MACHICULATIOOOOOOOOOOOOOONSSS*
@ADeeSHUPA 3 роки тому
@@VentiVonOsterreich uP
@monumental783 2 роки тому
Five stars on all aspects guyz. Great narrative, not excesive publicity, engaging with the audiance in a fun way, and showing something really interesting. Greetings from Colombia.
@zqxito9558 Рік тому
Astonishing visuals to demonstrate practicality. Superb.
@Zeesar 3 роки тому
As much as I love the aesthetics of ruins, it hurts myself looking at them. I want to see that castle in all of it's glory like when it was built :P
@rafaelaparicio9682 2 роки тому
When you live in an area where there are hundreds of castles you realize that might be a very expensive undertaking. Some are in good condition, many have been reformed to serve other purposes through the ages: silos, high schools, museums or palaces; others have been gradually demolished by the locals to use their rocks as building materials and are in different stages of disrepair. Come to Castile and Leon and you'll see. 😉
@IndigoIndustrial 2 роки тому
It was not a nice time to be alive.
@CrafterVSWild 2 роки тому
If you want to see a castle that looks new, go see Guedelon's castle in France, it's so new it isn't finished yet
@annoyed707 Рік тому
Not even if you are part of an autonomous collective.
@tjsingh8491 3 роки тому
First three kingdoms, then Troy, and now this, you guys are way too good at getting me interested in a time period
@dabigchina 3 роки тому
Wait did epic history do three kingdoms? I thought that was kings and generals.
@troygibbons41 3 роки тому
That’s my name 😂😂😂
@troygibbons41 3 роки тому
I know it’s a city
@jan80trs Рік тому
For starters, great video. Having visited castles all over western Europe - Belgium, France, Italy, Germany, UK - I wonder why only one castle of Master James of St.George is mentioned: Harlech. I think that another one of his designs matches your definition of a "Perfect Castle" very closely: Beaumaris castle: a concentric castle, where 2 keeps were build into the inner defence wall.
@infinitejinpachi 3 роки тому
"A good starter castle is..." thanks, I've been looking to get in to the castle game
@kskmohanty5559 3 роки тому
It's a perfect Castle if it holds the enemy at 99% in EU4
@HeyImLucious 3 роки тому
99% sieges are the reason why I have trust issues...
@BaHaEzZz 3 роки тому
Hahaha
@BaHaEzZz 3 роки тому
Fun fact: you cant create a completely random algorithm, you can only use a complex enough formula
@catrielmarignaclionti4518 3 роки тому
@@BaHaEzZz you can actually, take the time in minutes, and make it a 1 digit number, there ez
@luansagara 3 роки тому
@@catrielmarignaclionti4518 that is too predictable and easy to manipulate if you know what you are doing. it is better to either take miliseconds or make a formula that requires unhuman precision to manipulate
@mohit13reddy Рік тому
Thank you for providing such high quality content.
@RomainRamier 2 роки тому
Thank you for your great documentaries, and the french subtitles.
@notmenotme614 3 роки тому
9:01 The perfect castle would have a star shaped perimeter wall. So that the attacking enemy are channelled into a kill zone between the towers, the star shape maximises enfilade fire.
@OwenofUpstate 2 роки тому
literally how star forts came to be iirc
@matt6541 2 роки тому
Makes it harder to shoot at certain angles though
@satyamsangal6659 2 роки тому
That's for gunpowder age
@assassinlexx1993 2 роки тому
The weakness of some castles. Was digging a tunnel under the wall using supports. Then setting it on fire. This causes the wall to collapse.
@williammesquit5762 2 роки тому
That's a bastion not a castle
@ashu2996 3 роки тому
No-one: Me: watching this just in case I get transported to middle ages
@christopherrivera9827 3 роки тому
A man can wish
@pokeman5000 3 роки тому
Honestly man, if you get transported back itd be more efficient to just learn how to smith/rifle flint-lock firearms and how to synthesize niter into saltpeter. Then you raise a band of merry men and take a castle of your choosing.
@comrade4329 3 роки тому
@@pokeman5000 how are you gonna try to defeat longbow mens
@lechadorespresso 3 роки тому
Isekai timeeee
@muratege4056 3 роки тому
@@comrade4329... shoot them?
@AngryyBeaverr 8 місяців тому
Just came across this channel and this is the first video I watch, thought I was watching the history channel. Definitely a very high quality video and I’m assuming channel as well 👍🏼
@yankeemike-so6jm Рік тому
Excellent presentation. Thank you!
@edouardlorge4059 3 роки тому
" as the age of the castle gave way to the age of the château" Me (who speak french): but it' the same! (château is the french word for castel, and what is called a chateau is "un palais" in french)
@EpichistoryTv 3 роки тому
Indeed, it was a deliberate historical pun, because although they mean the same thing historically, in modern English usage they have different connotations.
@pascalstrijker3985 3 роки тому
Thought the same thing like wait arent they the same
@xenotypos 3 роки тому
Château also means palace in french, it means "both" castle and palace. Palace of course also have the french "palais" if you want to be more specific, but "château" works too. There is no exact translation for castle in french, except château-fort of course but then it's only for fortified castle (in other words, real "medieval castles"). As in english castle in the broad meaning of the term can also mean "palace that looks like a castle", also called mock castles.
@baronprocrastination1722 3 роки тому
@@EpichistoryTv the same way a shamshir or kilij can refer to different swords, but etymologically mean the same thing.
@wael4070 3 роки тому
I was thinking the same thing
@burningnapalm4436 3 роки тому
Finally I can build my kingdom! Thank you for this video!
@cheechiajohri 3 роки тому
My thoughts exactly 😂
@forrestl5597 2 роки тому
I really appreciate how much you were able to rely on the game footage. I'll be playing it soon.
@thomasrice4078 2 роки тому
Very well done! Mandatory viewing for those with curiosity and imagination.
@Danymok 2 роки тому
This video is a damn masterpiece
@darthsilversith667 2 роки тому
This is perhaps the least amount of likes I have ever seen a checkmark get! You’re famous! XD
@antoniojoaquin2425 2 роки тому
Wow its u
@antoniojoaquin2425 2 роки тому
Pls make this
@navneetshyam1335 Рік тому
This is literally a legendary video made by a mastermind of history!
@NMIBUBBLE 2 роки тому
Best Video on Castle ever loved it! Hopefully you continue the series to the next fortified series! :) Well Done
@McKaylaJade Рік тому
This is such a great resource. I write historical stories and this info is critial for my work to be accurate.
@jamesdover4456 3 роки тому
Been a huge castle freak my whole life and man I enjoyed this! Thanks to those that put this together!!!!
@Nero-ox5tw 3 роки тому
We don't deserve Epic History TV. This content is incredible.
@philippekogler Рік тому
Thank you for your kind advice! I will start building next month....
@jujijiju6929 2 роки тому
The music and voiceover in your videos is just perfect.
@santacatarinaball7091 3 роки тому
Castle: its over army, I have the high ground! Army: you underestimate my power! Castle: pulls out this video explaining why not to try it Army:ok
@bathead8788 2 роки тому
also Army: skip to 14:17 Mehmed II: its my time to shine
@user-pb8er8hz9t 2 роки тому
@@bathead8788 skip to 14:53* ;)
@nick0875 Рік тому
Edward I: Prepare the Warwolf!
@robertrouillier4196 Рік тому
What kind of shit y'all on?
@vacadademocracia8302 Рік тому
Beautiful flag!
@residentelect 3 роки тому
Anybody else remember playing Lords of the Realm on PC..? *"Build a Stone Castle my Lord?"*
@zerok37 3 роки тому
I still have somewhere the original Lords of the Realm II CD. Haven't played in ages!
@StonedFTW420 3 роки тому
of course if u have steam u can buy the second or third LOTR
@justincronkright5025 3 роки тому
Finally someone else... it is like trying to find out who plays 'Euchre - especially with my Ontario rules' or who had watched & loved 'The Road to El Dorado'.
@TheMCD1989 3 роки тому
LoTR2 was the one of the first games I really got into, such a classic. I think I had downloaded it again from GOG a couple years ago, may have to fire it back up soon. Great game.
@residentelect 3 роки тому
Used to love typing out insults and sending them to the other characters. Always remember the Countess would respond with; "HOOOOW DARE YOU!!" 🤣
@iv4nGG 2 роки тому
That was the best plug for a video game in a video ever.. And a wonderful video about castles.
@tacticooltroopers6567 Місяць тому
Thanks, I just finished building mine
@MrTotalAhole 3 роки тому
I absolutly love the fact it stayed on point and didnt wander off on one particular historical event that was only relevant because it took place in, or around a castle. This could have easily been an hour (and I really wish it was) covering in more detail the different defenses and even interior uses of keeps. Even though this covered some floor plans, I'd love to see a more detailed interior breakdown. This is not only going in my liked videos, its also getting favorited in my browser. Thank you.
@fauzarahma2535 3 роки тому
Epic History TV : "How to Build the Perfect Castle" Me who playing Stronghold Crusader : interesting.....
@MatthiasDrinksH20 3 роки тому
Ah yes a man of culture
@ijua04 Рік тому
love this, so beautiful presentation of history
@Astro_204 2 дні тому
Thank you!
@megrimlockmesmart.1200 3 роки тому
"Sieges are Dull..." - Sir. Brynden Tully the "black fish"
@taloob493 3 роки тому
they really are, its alot of waiting and sitting around and occasionally dodging projectiles or making a sortie
@2adamast 3 роки тому
Vauban: sieges are like a dissection and are as safe as casern duty
@cheesestealer9780 3 роки тому
Everyone gangster until they fling a desisted cow over the roof
@juang1574 3 роки тому
@@cheesestealer9780 holy grail reference
@nothingtoseeheremovealong598 3 роки тому
The videos on the napoleonic wars made him pretty good at pronouncing french names lol
@dannyfubar3099 2 роки тому
An excellent post, thank you for sharing.
@bbokgomu5422 11 місяців тому
I learned so much. Thank you for sharing
@etiquettefiend 2 роки тому
The beginning of this video honestly sounds like the teaser trailer for a new medieval castle builder video game. And I'm really excited to play it.
@martindjakovic7052 3 роки тому
Wow, this video is like a legit documentary you’d see on TV. Good job, dude.
@eTheBlack Рік тому
Thanks, gonna show this videos to my king when I travel back in time. Cheers
@noneofyourbusiness1199 2 роки тому
Wonderfully informative. Fantastic narration too.
@gavinator10000 3 роки тому
Sleep and homework: *exist* Me: oh yeah I’d like to know how to build a perfect castle.
@matthewsommerfield4739 3 роки тому
I wish they taught this stuff in school.
@kitn2507 3 роки тому
@@matthewsommerfield4739 history class?
@matthewsommerfield4739 3 роки тому
@@kitn2507 Huh?
@matthewsommerfield4739 3 роки тому
@@kitn2507 I mean I like history.
@matthewsommerfield4739 3 роки тому
@@kitn2507 Oh, I see what you mean. Yes, History class.
@ScorpFOZ 2 роки тому
I love the fact you merged your content with your sponsor! That made it enjoyable to watch, rather then a commercial.
@alibby22 2 роки тому
I've been looking for something like this for years, great job!
@dimavoitovych1739 Рік тому
Satisfying video, thanks a lot for examples of real castles and types of different objects of fortifications.
@link30222 3 роки тому
Author: These fortifications were impregnable. Me: Hey guys I built you a giant wooden horse!
@dnmurphy48 3 роки тому
Medieval siege engines (manginels and trebuchets) could smash the walls given time, but many places get brought down by mining during the medieval era. Dig a tunnel and a wide cave at the end under the walls. Use wooden supports while making the cave, Build a huge bonfire in there and fire it. Down comes the wall.
@CorvusCorone68 3 роки тому
@@dnmurphy48 Alexander F was referencing the Trojan War, not asking for a history lesson on sabotage
@fezii9043 3 роки тому
@@dnmurphy48 did you know, that's where the term "undermine" comes from?
@shivery_timbers1430 3 роки тому
@@CorvusCorone68 means I can sabotage my enemy if I ever get sieged. _-If-_
@skaryzgik 2 роки тому
Social Engineering at its finest
@HungryGoat96 3 роки тому
When i visited Karak de Chevalier in Syria i was astonished by the layered defence. Along with Aleppos castle in which they had a L shaped corridor to the gate with murder holes everyfkinwhere lol. I was around 8 years old completly awestruck by the courage and patience one would need to muster to assault such awesome works of architecture and defence.
@nerdyman7190 2 роки тому
This is one of my favorite videos because it is so cool, I like to watch it every now and then, and also this video introduced me to the CK franchise and I love the game 😁
@nelly4201 Рік тому
Superbe vidéo ! J'adore quand vous dîtes des mot français, vous avez un superbe accent quand vous les dîtes.
@BoomixDe 3 роки тому
Thank you, took me 500 years to find a good guide.
@Furioushunter 3 роки тому
Epic history you are greatest channel!!
@anerdwithglasses7429 Рік тому
This channel is so awesome, i love being able to watch amazing documentaries that are great quality. ❤️👍
@dragonllig790 2 роки тому
This makes me really appreciate the design of the hornburg
@yourdad9502 3 роки тому
_Girls recommended:_ Makeup tutorials _Guys recommended:_ How to build a castle
@lordmustafa3309 3 роки тому
And then they ask you why are you single
@dxion6671 3 роки тому
@Madhav Ignihir Lmao
@sophiawilliams8650 3 роки тому
.....girls like castles too
@gloomyshadowofallah7489 3 роки тому
полностью согласен
@QW22312 3 роки тому
@Madhav Ignihir he is OUR dad.
@ephennell4ever 3 роки тому
Quite interesting; I hadn't realized how some of the elements had evolved over time - just knew the final features of them. I was surprised not to see zig-zag main-gate entry-ways mentioned; I realize that they were only used a few times (probably because they require a fair amount of space), but they were *highly* effective at slowing down a charge, thus allowing the defenders to really maximize their defensive 'beat-down'!
@macman6107 2 роки тому
Blackness Castle just outside of Edinburgh has a doglegged entrance which surprised me as I'd never read of such a feature before. On seeing it in person though, with all of the kill holes that open on to it, really put the chills through me more than a typical portcullis did. Frightening.
@mixingcat5213 2 дні тому
This is the stuff I need to learn before playing MANOR LORDS!
@JHunter8490 2 роки тому
Thank you for this information!! You guys are awesome I really appreciate it
@enesbasol1756 3 роки тому
The strength of walls depends on the courage of those who defend it Genghis Khan
@sudirosumbodo5385 3 роки тому
threw dead bodies and cattle corpse.
@leonardocontin937 3 роки тому
@@sudirosumbodo5385 If it works why not XD
@karlfranz5229 3 роки тому
Its but fracture of it, if only will power can defend wooden walls againt cannons, then theres no need to build stone walls, haha.
@GodlordBazi 3 роки тому
@@karlfranz5229 Well, when King Agesilaus was asked about where the walls of Sparta were, he pointed at his men and said, "These are the walls of Sparta." He was actually right, since huge walls were quiet counterproductive in terms of Sparta's favourite kind of warfare. Even at the famous Battle of Thermopylae, the only fortifications they built was a tiny wall of about 50 cm in hight so just the hoplite's feet were protected, while they protected the rest of their bodies with their shields and were still able to stab the enemy in melee combat. :D
@googiegress7459 3 роки тому
@@karlfranz5229 The point is that it takes people to defend a castle. If it's undefended, any peasant can walk up with a ladder and just climb in. And if people are needed to maintain and defend a castle, their qualities matter: diligence, loyalty, courage, etc. It's a lot like how a natural land shape might make for a defensive place, or a castle on a plain can be effective, but the best defensive structure will have both. If I have the choice between 10 soft-handed yakadoos to defend a stone castle, or 50 trained warriors to defend a barn, I'm going with the barn.
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