Thursday, October 3, 2019

Horrible Histories: Measly Middle Ages



You will have to have some kind of subscription service that streams Horrible Histories in order to watch the clips I've provided. I use Amazon Prime. Those links that I have used here are from youtube and add historical points to the silliness.


  1. Season 2, Episode 10-  0:37-4:37; The Bayeux Tapestry and Miserable Songs
  2. Season 1, Episode 5-  5:09-9:52; Domesday Survey Book; no more Anglo-Saxons, you're now French!
  3. Medieval Knights
  4. Season 3, Episode 2-  0:37-4:45; Nasty Knights, Castles, Sieges
  5. Top Ten Weird Facts about Medieval Castles
  6. The Tower of london
    1. built by William the Conqueror during the 1080s
    2. classic Norman architecture
    3. used as a residence, an armory, and most well known, a prison
    4. today it contains the collections:
      1. the royal armories
      2. the royal mint
      3. crown jewels
      4. for 600 years the Tower housed the menagerie of exotic animals given to the kings and queens; ostriches, elephants, lions, polar bears, etc.
    5. Ravens
    6. Those that oversee the Tower are called Yeoman Warders, and the one who takes care of the ravens is the Ravenmaster.
    7. During the reign of Charles II (1630-1685), the king decreed that at least six ravens be kept at the Tower to protect the kingdom. Today seven are kept-- six and a spare.
      1. The ravens are employed as "soldiers of the kingdom".
      2. They can be dismissed for bad behavior.
      3. There is a raven graveyard and the names of the deceased Tower ravens are engraved on the memorial.
  7. Tour of the Tower of London
  8. The Ravens at the Tower of London
  9. York, England: Medieval England's Second City
  10. Season 1, Episode 10-  14:28-18:12; Hamlin, Plague Song

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