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Genre: Education
Date of upload: Mar 20, 2022 ^^
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On the hot water/oil debate, what I was told from books was that the most common strategy, especially during the crusades, was to pour hot sand instead of either of the former. Sand retained heat longer than water, was far far cheaper than oil, and on top of it all was very difficult for the soldier on the receiving end to protect against, as sand would find its way into the nooks and hard to reach places of their armor and cause immense pain.
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Ok, I finished watching the video and it was a treat. Nice job. Well researched too. The only small caveat I could add to the "First Step: Be Quick!", the cavalry raids were also conducted to catch informants as well as to take hostages, preferably the relatives of the besieged garrison. If lucky, that could force the garrison to surrender under a threat their children, wives and other relatives would be killed.
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Something that really blew my mind about medieval castles was the logistics and costs involved. Most people think of a standard castle as a keep, and four towers and a gatehouse, plus a few other buildings. However, most castles were not much more than one tower and most parts were made of wood (we've got a massive survivor bias here).
Now, let's take the stereotypical castle and consider how many men it takes to actually defend it. An archer on every tower and at least two patrolling the walls, plus a few other guards. We easily end up with 12 guards and that's hardly enough to keep an army with siege ladders at bay, and once one of the guards falls, an entire sector is unguarded! In addition, you need 3x as many to get a minimal rotation to prevent exhaustion. Then, you must consider that every guard has a family somewhere and half are likely female and 2/3rds are either too young or too old to fight. This already gives us well over 200 people that are likely to seek shelter within the castle walls! In addition, there are further civilians that work in the region protected by the castle and supply it. Just imagine how fast such a castle would get cramped in a siege! Plus, how much land it takes to supply them all with crops, and then there's the wood and pasture required for them. That's a lot of land!
So, we end up with multiple villages or a town whose fate is directly linked to the castle.
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Hey all, this was quite a bit of work. Such videos require a lot of reading, research, animation, artwork etc., and - unfortunately - we can only keep producing videos like this one if they make enough clicks. So, if you liked the video, please consider leaving a like and a comment to signal to YouTube that this is a relevant video, so their algorithm shows it to other potential viewers.
Besides this technical aspect, receiving comments really is quite rewarding for content creators, which sometimes gets just convoluted with us fishing for attention, I guess. But imagine having worked on this video for a few months all on your own: Beginning with an extensive planning phase, researching, and writing the script, recording the voiceover, looking through hundreds of images on various stock sites to find out what we can illustrate in which way, then photoshop everything to look medieval, hire artists to create those things we can't photoshop ourselves, animate dozens of characters, add effects and the right color to make each scene look good - and then finally you upload the video and people are enjoying it. It's a pretty rewarding thing but you only know when people leave a comment!
edit: We will hang around the comment section for a bit to answer possible questions.
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