African History
What Was It Like When Medieval Commoners Met Royalty
Encounters with monarchs were not reserved for the rich and powerful alone, but did medieval peasants ever meet their lords? Surprisingly, they sometimes did.
“Commoners” denotes a large group of men and women who didn’t have noble titles. This included everyone from wealthy merchants to peasants who struggled to make ends meet. Surviving records reveal that medieval monarchs had encounters with these commoners – though it’s hard to get a sense of what exactly commoners thought of these meetings. Were they cynical, excited, or indifferent about them?
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@ArturoRodriguez-bt1gv
October 5, 2021 at 5:40 pm
These so called nobles, lmfao man they were nothing but full of crap lol SMH
@richardwilmotph.d6747
October 8, 2021 at 3:49 am
SCREW ROYALTY!
@nelson2801
October 8, 2021 at 11:22 am
Is there a the worlds nicest king? Like someone with a limited bad past or even no bad past that’s recorded
@sjk6101983
October 8, 2021 at 11:26 pm
My name means Princess 👸- I’ll let you know what feels like 👍 (joking)
@lauradorsey9562
October 13, 2021 at 7:14 am
Dont act like the monasteries were ever hurting for money lol
@SonicfanTheNightfury5099
October 14, 2021 at 7:38 am
I have a feeling that there where all like We not Worthy vibes from seeing the Royals
@amym.694
October 14, 2021 at 1:41 pm
We have this system in America. The Monarchy sits in Washington DC in Congress and we are their subjects.
@tcjones4386
October 20, 2021 at 12:16 am
Commoners could be killed for wearing clothes above their station to court.
@pandorasbox4238
October 25, 2021 at 8:11 am
According to the story, Edward the Confessor popped some lady's zits.
@Sattva468
October 29, 2021 at 12:30 am
Awesome! Do an episode about Eleanor of Aquitaine.
@Erick-uf6gi
October 30, 2021 at 3:58 am
Please do what was it like being a medieval king
@preppertrucker5736
November 1, 2021 at 3:59 pm
Pay tribute to thou king 👑
@klewis564
November 7, 2021 at 4:39 am
Medieval history is sooooo boring lol
@LikaLaruku
November 20, 2021 at 5:49 am
Pretty sure Jesus stole that footwashing from Krsna.
@EdenVee
December 16, 2021 at 6:21 am
How about an episode about life at the Moulin Rouge in Paris, France!
@shellimiller9736
March 11, 2022 at 12:23 pm
Any chance on a video about the history of coffee? Or even illicit drugs and how they got that way?
@TheElusiveReality
March 13, 2022 at 1:39 am
It sounds like Edward the Confessor did basic first aid, not just a performance. If the lumps were truly full of pus and shit then removing that and patching them up would probably help
@tastefullynerdy1161
March 17, 2022 at 8:17 pm
I love you guys for the still frame from CK3 at around 1:30.
@misss.o.j.
May 12, 2022 at 5:24 pm
I think there were monarchs who were good and sincere. Good King Wenceslaus was one.
@monicawylie3985
May 17, 2022 at 3:24 pm
Scrofula is tuberculosis of the skin over the throat. I had to look that one up.
@JDWanko
June 6, 2022 at 2:15 am
How about the dos and don't when a citizen meets the President?
@melissajackson79
June 6, 2022 at 9:48 am
King Henry the 8th first wife was popular with the people for giving out money to the poor, along with other things too
@foxmanghost1822
June 8, 2022 at 12:01 am
So they were touching somebody with tuberculosis wow
@kimberlypatton9634
June 19, 2022 at 3:23 am
Is that really what our illustrious narrator looks like?
@whaleymom76
June 22, 2022 at 11:03 am
Revered warrior kings-you forgot Richard the Lionheart. 🙂
@whaleymom76
June 22, 2022 at 11:03 am
Nevermind.
@dr.barrycohn5461
September 6, 2022 at 11:27 am
Good topic lords and ladys! Thank you Mr. Blank, oh august narrator! Why any monarch just confer a little title on someone and just marry them. Wasn't there some weird law whereby a king could bounce with an about to be wed maiden?
@jaquelinemiles3283
October 30, 2022 at 6:10 pm
Love the Tom petty mention! ❤
@504BigStud
December 30, 2022 at 3:40 pm
Who's the babe at :42?
@trublacking8572
January 6, 2023 at 4:07 am
What does this give me this narration or narrator to be exact give me idiocracy narrator vibes it's a movie too if you don't know idiotcracy
@Leatherargento
February 5, 2023 at 10:16 pm
Elizabeth Woodville must have been very pretty. And extremely smart.
@kyliedoran4846
March 12, 2023 at 12:23 am
It's funny when you think of a king and when you break it down for like 2 different job titles in one it's like there's a president of the country and then they are the judge and the jury for the country that would be your modern out look at it so it would be like one man with two different jobs and definitely no time LOL
@jessievelasco6074
March 27, 2023 at 9:42 pm
The French were living lavish with them wine fountains
@Thomas-me7xf
April 6, 2023 at 8:58 pm
A ROYALTIED NOBILITIED KINGLY KING FATHER WILL NOT SEE FIT IN A UNQUALIFIED WOMEN TO BE THE KING'S WIFE WHAT IS HIS MISSION TO UPHELD AND BRING SAFETY AND PROSPER TO THE MIDFLE AGES AFTER HE KNEW WHAT TO DO
@Thomas-me7xf
April 6, 2023 at 9:00 pm
U THOUGHT SOMEONE IS S*#PERSON BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN PEOPLE CANNOT BEEN DARINGLY STUPID TO GIVE IT TO A QUEEN
@Thomas-me7xf
April 6, 2023 at 9:06 pm
A HIGH LEVELED HIGH QUALIFIED FUNDEMENTALLY DUKE IS FIT FOR A KING'S THRONE ACCESSIBLIITY MOREOVER BEST OF ALL GOVERN THE PEOPLE OF WHOEVER DOES SLIGHTEST MURDEROUS PLANS AND WOMEN DO NOT LIKE IT AND THAT IS GOT BE DEATH PENALTY FOR HER/HIM DOES MEANT SO JUST SKIP TORTURE IF KINGS WERE PRINCES OF NO POSITION U WOULD THINK SHE IS WORTHY OF A QUEEN NO HE JUST WOULD DO SOMETHING U WOULD NOT AGREE ON
@effexwhore
April 10, 2023 at 1:46 am
Its a nice surprise to hear of rulers actually being… decent people and not so cruel as others. I wish these circumstances were as widely known as the blood thirsty and callous rulers are.
@chromicapop4595
April 23, 2023 at 3:55 pm
Washing of beggars feet sounds not that hygienic thats how disease could spread😮📍
@curtisyastic4130
June 20, 2023 at 8:24 pm
There's no such thing as royalty. Only weak men
@nickfodness7321
October 28, 2023 at 12:37 am
Can you do a topic on early man
@ikathiibean
November 12, 2023 at 7:59 pm
1:39 is that what I think that young girl is doing??
@btetschner
January 30, 2024 at 4:45 am
A+ video
Fascinating history!
@JOJO-yd7qs
January 30, 2024 at 5:51 am
You just have to respect a ruler that died in war. All leaders should fight in their wars.
@jenniferbethparishwhite688
May 12, 2024 at 8:48 pm
My understanding of the biblical foot washing was that Yeshua was his disciples' teacher and he was not only humbling himself to serve his students, but also that he was removing the dust from their feet symbolically in order to send them out into the world to teach and make disciples as he had done, so it was like a graduation ceremony of sorts. Back then, students (disciples) walked so close to their teachers (rabbis) that the dust from the teachers' steps would get on their own feet. Walking with their teachers was not just a literal thing, but symbolic because a student was not only walking and learning by listening and observing, but also walking in the ways of the teachings themselves. Therefore, this silly piety posing was just that, silly. They were doing something completely out of context and in complete ignorance.