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We often think about the Middle Ages as a period when people constantly worked their fingers to the bone and there was no time for play. And itās true that without modern devices, a lot of the jobs were backbreaking and time-consuming. Life was tough in the Middle Ages but there was also plenty of fun, joy and laughter. A time when entertainment, physical skill and competition came together and the well-known adage āwork hard, play hardā was never more appropriate. Letās travel back in time to take a look at the sports enjoyed by the Medievals, keeping in mind that in the Middle Ages they were a lot more violent and chaotic than those played today. Welcome to Medieval Madness.
00:00 Introduction
00:55 Childhood Memories
02:41 Running With the Crowd
05:18 Head on Collision
06:56 Summer of Love & Laughter
10:57 Running on Ice
Narrated by James Wade
Written by Lisa E Rawcliffe
Edited by Jamit Productions
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We often think about the Middle Ages as a period when people constantly worked their fingers to the bone and there was no time for play. And itās true that without modern devices, a lot of the jobs were backbreaking and time-consuming. Life was tough in the Middle Ages but there was also plenty of fun, joy and laughter. A time when entertainment, physical skill and competition came together and the well-known adage āwork hard, play hardā was never more appropriate. Letās travel back in time to take a look at the sports enjoyed by the Medievals, keeping in mind that in the Middle Ages they were a lot more violent and chaotic than those played today. Welcome to Medieval Madness.
00:00 Introduction
00:55 Childhood Memories
02:41 Running With the Crowd
05:18 Head on Collision
06:56 Summer of Love & Laughter
10:57 Running on Ice
Narrated by James Wade
Written by Lisa E Rawcliffe
Edited by Jamit Productions
Thank you for watching.
DISCLAIMER: All materials in these videos are used for entertainment purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement is intended. If you are, or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and have an issue with the use of said material, please email us at info@top5s.co.uk
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![Lets Talk About Medieval Diseases...
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Just like people living today, the Medievals had a huge number of diseases doing the rounds. So, what illnesses did people face back then? Surprisingly, many of them are the same as ones we deal with today. The difference wasnāt the diseases themselves, it was the fact that the Medievals had no vaccinations, antibiotics, or modern medicines, so recovery often depended on rest, the strength of the patientās own body and a whole lot of luck. Letās travel back to the Middle Ages and take a look at medieval diseases, the ācuresā that did or in most cases didnāt work and ask the big question; did getting sick in the Middle Ages mean certain death?
0:00 Introduction
0:58 Hot Stuff
03:35 Blind Spot
05:29 The Love Bug
06:33 G.O.A.T.
08:31 Dead Man Walking
10:07 Royal Blood
11:47 What A Waste
Narrated by James Wade
Written by Lisa E Rawcliffe
Edited by Jamit Productions
Thank you for watching!
SOURCES:
The Archivist, (Host) (2013, Sept) Medieval Diseases and āCuresā, (No. 42) [Audio Podcast Episode] In Medieval Archives. https://medievalarchives.com/2013/09/10/map-medieval-diseases-cures/
Cummings, J. (2021) Medicine in the Middle Ages, Surviving the Times, Pen & Sword History, Barnsley.
Harvey, K. (Jan 2018) The Salacious Middle Ages, aeon.co
Hopkins, D.R. (2002) The Greatest killer: Smallpox in History, University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Hunter, P. R. (1991). The English Sweating Sickness, with Particular Reference to the 1551 Outbreak in Chester. Reviews of Infectious Diseases, 13(2), 303ā306. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4455857
Fagunwa, O. E., & Fagunwa, A. O. (2020). The English sweating sickness of 1485-1551 and the ecclesiastical response. Christian Journal for Global Health, 7(4), 20-27. https://doi.org/10.15566/cjgh.v7i4.449
Mortimer, I. (2009) The Time Travellerās Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century, Vintage, London.
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