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In this week's video, I made a medieval Martebo bag, probably one of the closest things the medieval people had to a hiking pack.
A big thanks to Devon for the inspiration! You can find her beautiful historical clothing shop here: basebornco.com/shop
Thank you so much for watching and for supporting my channel.
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Research sources:
https://albrechts.se/carrysack-from-martebo/
indemejarecristi.wordpress.com/2014/06/13/the-sack-from-martebo
themedievalhunt.com/2015/03/03/out-and-about-with-all-your-stuff
blackcatsews.blogspot.com/2017/02/historical-sew-monthly-2017-2-re-make.html
human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Literature_and_Literacy/Literacy_and_Critical_Thinking/Writing_and_Critical_Thinking_Through_Literature_(Ringo_and_Kashyap)/03%3A_Creative_Nonfiction_Readings/3.10%3A_Wordsworth_Dorothy_Daffodils_entry_from_Grasmere_journal_(1802)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascent_of_Mont_Ventoux
it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Petrarca
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrarch
search.worldcat.org/title/Petrarch's-Ascent-of-Mount-Ventoux-:-the-Familiaris-IV-I/oclc/83594995
https://web.mit.edu/aorlando/www/SaintJohnCHI/Church%20History%20Readings/Petrarch%20-%20Ascent.pdf
manchester.ac.uk/about/news/climbing-dorothy-wordsworth-mountaineering
wordsworth.org.uk/blog/2017/05/04/in-the-footsteps-of-the-shelleys-switzerland-and-mont-blanc
brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/grasmere-a-fragment
oxoniensia.org/volumes/2015/Simon%20Wenham.pdf
Image sources:
(Due to character limitations, this includes some of the image sources. The rest can be accessed here: vbirchwood.com/sources/i-made-a-medieval-hiking-pack)
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National Gallery of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:02_10_2024_Photo_Paolo_Villa-Napoli-mann-Museo_Archeologico-FO232580bis-Arte_Romana-affresco-(112286)-Bacco-grappolo_di_uva-Vesuvio-serpente-uccelli-ghirlanda-fontana-Casa_del_Centenario_Pompei.jpg
Paolo Villa, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scafell_Pike_trig_point_in_winter_raiment_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2266108.jpg
Scafell Pike trig point in winter raiment by Andy Waddington
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scafell_Pike,_Cumbria_(6951930003).jpg
sagesolar, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scafell_Pike_in_the_winter.jpg
Chris Himsworth, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scafell_massif_winter.jpg
Doug Sim, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grasmere_(8704770891).jpg
Ian Gratton from Sutton-n-Craven, North Yorkshire, England, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Wordsworth_-_I_wandered_lonely_as_a_cloud.jpg
© The British Library Board
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clevelandart.org/art/1983.73.1.b, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Quadrangle,_University_of_Manchester_8550550348.jpg
Mikey, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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SPEARFISHER - Delta Moan
Borrtex - The Sky Above
Kyle Preston - Where Nothing Is Forgotten
Aija Alsina - Mindfulness
If you'd like to support the making of future videos like this one, then please consider joining my Patreon for just €4.00 per month ☺️✨ patreon.com/c/vbirchwood
In this week's video, I made a medieval Martebo bag, probably one of the closest things the medieval people had to a hiking pack.
A big thanks to Devon for the inspiration! You can find her beautiful historical clothing shop here: basebornco.com/shop
Thank you so much for watching and for supporting my channel.
✨ Leave a donation: ko-fi.com/vbirchwood
🪡 Follow me on Instagram - instagram.com/vasibirchwood
📖 Business inquiries - sofie@helmtalentgroup.com
Research sources:
https://albrechts.se/carrysack-from-martebo/
indemejarecristi.wordpress.com/2014/06/13/the-sack-from-martebo
themedievalhunt.com/2015/03/03/out-and-about-with-all-your-stuff
blackcatsews.blogspot.com/2017/02/historical-sew-monthly-2017-2-re-make.html
human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Literature_and_Literacy/Literacy_and_Critical_Thinking/Writing_and_Critical_Thinking_Through_Literature_(Ringo_and_Kashyap)/03%3A_Creative_Nonfiction_Readings/3.10%3A_Wordsworth_Dorothy_Daffodils_entry_from_Grasmere_journal_(1802)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascent_of_Mont_Ventoux
it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Petrarca
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrarch
search.worldcat.org/title/Petrarch's-Ascent-of-Mount-Ventoux-:-the-Familiaris-IV-I/oclc/83594995
https://web.mit.edu/aorlando/www/SaintJohnCHI/Church%20History%20Readings/Petrarch%20-%20Ascent.pdf
manchester.ac.uk/about/news/climbing-dorothy-wordsworth-mountaineering
wordsworth.org.uk/blog/2017/05/04/in-the-footsteps-of-the-shelleys-switzerland-and-mont-blanc
brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/grasmere-a-fragment
oxoniensia.org/volumes/2015/Simon%20Wenham.pdf
Image sources:
(Due to character limitations, this includes some of the image sources. The rest can be accessed here: vbirchwood.com/sources/i-made-a-medieval-hiking-pack)
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:German_15th_Century,_Man_Walking_Towards_a_Grave,_c._1495,_NGA_4045.jpg
National Gallery of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:02_10_2024_Photo_Paolo_Villa-Napoli-mann-Museo_Archeologico-FO232580bis-Arte_Romana-affresco-(112286)-Bacco-grappolo_di_uva-Vesuvio-serpente-uccelli-ghirlanda-fontana-Casa_del_Centenario_Pompei.jpg
Paolo Villa, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scafell_Pike_trig_point_in_winter_raiment_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2266108.jpg
Scafell Pike trig point in winter raiment by Andy Waddington
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scafell_Pike,_Cumbria_(6951930003).jpg
sagesolar, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scafell_Pike_in_the_winter.jpg
Chris Himsworth, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scafell_massif_winter.jpg
Doug Sim, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grasmere_(8704770891).jpg
Ian Gratton from Sutton-n-Craven, North Yorkshire, England, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Wordsworth_-_I_wandered_lonely_as_a_cloud.jpg
© The British Library Board
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:France,_Lorraine,_13th_century_-_Miniature_from_a_Manuscript_of_the_Apocalypse-_The_Fall_of_Babylon_-_1983.73.1.b_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.jpg
clevelandart.org/art/1983.73.1.b, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Quadrangle,_University_of_Manchester_8550550348.jpg
Mikey, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
All music is licenced from Artlist:
SPEARFISHER - Delta Moan
Borrtex - The Sky Above
Kyle Preston - Where Nothing Is Forgotten
Aija Alsina - Mindfulness
