How to Build a Medieval Castle | Medieval Castle Guédelon | Europe To The Maxx - REACTION - WOW
How to Build a Medieval Castle | Medieval Castle Guédelon | Europe To The Maxx - REACTION - WOW
#howtobuildamedievalcastle #medievalcastle #europetothemaxx #CastleGuédelon #musicvideoreactions
Original Video - give them love and support!
• How to Build a Medieva...
All Videos have a playlist at the end fyi.
Join Patreon for First come First Serve Requests or a simple coffee a month as a way to support your channel.
/ reactionsbyd
Bergabunglah dengan Patreon untuk Permintaan First come First Serve atau kopi sederhana sebulan sebagai cara untuk mendukung saluran Anda.
/ reactionsbyd
Únase a Patreon para las solicitudes por orden de llegada o un simple café al mes como una forma de apoyar su canal.
/ reactionsbyd
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS
There is also a German channel on youtube - Campus Galli. They rebuild a monastery complex with materials and tools as they did 1200 years ago. guédelon was started to be built in 1997. While the monastery in Germany only began around 2013.
Damn! Now that is living historing. #Sharpe_reference
13:30 These roof tiles have a little stud on the back that lock on the battens. This and gravity and the overlapping pattern ensure that they stay in place (even in very bad weather) and together they are waterproof. And you know what? Exactly the same tiles are still used in Europe today in old buildings as well as in brand-new ones. All those orange/red roofs you've seen in other videos about Europe are fired clay tiles.
Her: I bet he’s cheating on me Meanwhile me and the boys:
They make 2 hour film each year about the progress of the building. No one could tell how exactly these castles where build because the knowledge of the craftsman where lost in the centuries. So they decided to build a castle from scratch to figure out the stuff. The archeologysts traveled all around Europe to look at different buildings drawings and asking craftsman who have a little bit of the knowledge is needed. But many things they found out by doing it. They also build a watermill a medieval bakery and much more just to figure out how it must he done. When you see what kind of brainwork even the littlest window needs it's awesome. They also tryed dozens of different ways to use stuff to close the windows they tried Hyde Pergament in different oils etc. Hey tried and tried until they got it. I watch the report every year at German TV and it's a highlight every time
You have perfectly summarized the spirit of this architectural work.
Rooftiles are hung up just like that back then just as nowadays all over Europe. As they overlap each other, their weight is (usually) enough to stay put on the roof.
Modern ones have grooves that interlock.
Nous allons a Guedelon tous les deux ans sepuis que mes enfants sont petits. Maintenant ils sont adultes mais nous aprécions toujours la visite. C’est du beau travail!
There is something similar in Germany called Campus Galli, where they are building a 9th century monastery...Relatively young project, so nowhere near as far into the works as Guedelon, but also worth checking out...
Money is nothing compared to finding fulfillment. ❤
@spring_in_paris very philosophical and very true.
The whole project began in 2000 and was planned for 25 years construction time ... the "coof" probably slowed that down a bit, so there might still be some time to catch it throughout its construction. Apart from "modern safety regulations" for anything suspended above ground (using modern instead of self-made ropes) they used old methods and materials.
I went to the Guédelon castle with my school, that was in 2002, back in the day there was only the foundations and some parts of the walls
@ReactionsbyD The only hundred of years buildingtime in germany was the Cologne Cathedral. Started 1248 and 1880 finished, sort of. From 1528-1823 there was a building stop, thats one reaseon while it took so long. Castles were build very fast, because the next war was allways on horizon.
Yeah, though "really fast" is a relative statement, as it could take 20-40 years in some cases. I guess there are 2 main reasons for that 1. urgency as you said, so more people worked on it at a said time, it was never on a hiatus for like 50 or 200 years lol. 2. gothic cathedrals are the real architectural gems of medieval Europe (though Cologne was finished in the 19th century, so I'll take as an example Notre-Dame in Paris or another one from that time period), they were the most impressive buildings in Europe in the middle ages imho, and in some regards (like height), the most impressive buildings in the world. So yeah, it often took centuries to build lol.
@@xenotypos Building a castle can go very quickly. Château-Gaillard was built in 2 years between 1196 and 1198.
They took a break in Cologne, so that long time doesnt really count. The stupid airport here in Berlin is nearing its 25th year of construction.
Guedelon's YT channel is amazing and they explain everything.
Projects like this happen allover Europe (and the world i guess) about any imaginable historical topic*. It's experimental archeology. Historians often have no other chance to find out how things were done (and why so) back in those times than to figure it out by trying. * colonial era sail ships, medieval villages and workshops, viking era ships and villages, roman era forts etc.
* … and currently the reconstruction of the roof truss and the vaults of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.
Pile dwellings Unteruhldingen
Well, this one remains by far the biggest archeological experiment in the world. Almost 30 years building that single castle.
"experimental archeology" you can find one in Samara near Amiens in France.
I've been following the progress of Guédelon castle for several years now (by watching documentaries about it only 😉), and it's a fascinating project. Some day I'm gonna visit it for sure. It's important to mention that these people's ambitions go even further than only using tools that would have been used in the 13th century. Even their logistics are strictly medieval. For instance they refuse the usage of tractors or trucks for transporting the building material to the construction site and use handcarts and ox wagons instead, which of course they built themselves as well beforehand.
I live 50 km from Guédelon. They do amazing things. They have also a website where they also sell products they made. Its absoluty great.
Uncle D, If you have well listened in the video “The ten best places to visit in France” the part he talk about “Le Mont Saint-Michel,” it took five hundred years to build it (Notre Dame de Paris, two hundred years)! 😅
5:00 That's one of the things the Guédelon team wants to find out. Ancient records show 30 constantly employed people building a castle within 30 years. Does this work out?
They started 1997 and wanted to finish in 2023, but now about 2030. In medieval times, they would be faster, as they would have experts to build that, and often they had some kind of fortification before. And they would expand that. Except some protection gear, like steel cap shoes or eye protection, they only use medieval things. The smithes have to sharpen the stonemaisons tools sometimes every day.
There is a very good series "Secrets of the Castle" about Guedelon that would be fun to watch though too long possibly to use as a reaction. It's six episodes.
As a certain Frank Underwood said in a TV show : Money is the Mc-mansion in Sarasota that starts falling apart after 10 years. Power is the old stone building that stands for centuries
You CAN build houses out of wood, which last for centuries ... we have loads of half-timbered houses in Germany. The problem is that AMERICANS BUY CHEAP, because they expect to move away from the place in the next 5-10 years.
Impressive people
I think that building a castle like this would be decided by the local lord for future generations, as it took 10-20-30 years to complete (and it might never be complete because new defense techniques would be invented as time goes).
I love Guédelon. Another "forever project" from the 90s France is en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Trail_of_the_Golden_Owl, one of the most longstanding treasure hunt.
There is a similar project near Messkirch in southwestern Germany: Campus Galli - kzhead.info/sun/hM6eddaRj2SQiKs/bejne.html The name refers to the abbey of St. Gallen in Switzerland near the southern shore of Lake Constance. They plan to follow the original plans for that abbey, which were drawn around 830 AD by monks in the abbey of Reichenau, an island in the southwestern part of Lake Constance.
Things that were taken for granted today at that time, were so incredibly precious.... Example window glass... even rich aristocrats could hardly afford it at that time... medieval buildings usually had only tiny windows covered with parchment... Interiors were therefore very dark... even candles were luxuries... everything was handmade and therefore took time... Life was extremely hard and people mostly died at a young age
The large fortress castle built by Richard the Lionheart in the east of Normandy above the Seine River in the village of Andelys was completed in two years. With a lot of workers, things go faster!
At 13:08 you can see that each shingle has a spike/bulk on the back. This means it doesn't slip over the wooden strip and stays in its position.
Speaking about impressive: There are 40,000 castles in Europe - 25,000 in Germany alone - most of them bigger than Guédelon but every single one of them was built by hand. I guess Europe built one castle for each stone in Guédelon :) It didn't take centuries to finish a castle, but wealth, prestige, fashion and military evolution made the heirs rebuild or expand it again and again. So it took centuries to make them look like they look today, but it wasn't a continious construction and in the beginning it wouldn't have been planned that they'd look like that somewhen. A single construction phase lasted maybe some decades and after it the castle would've been considered to be finished for decades - each time. Another American stunned by european roof tiles xD The tiles are quite heavy and hold each another. We still use these today. They are the red and brown roofs you see in any city and all over Germany, but also in many other european countries. Only difference is that they're not handmade any more and bigger, so that they can be laid quicker ;)
What is defined as a "castle" is very subjective, some sources say there is 40,000 castles in France alone, I guess each country inflate their numbers. The problem is that, in europe there is almost NONE that is a perfectly preserved medieval castle, an authentic one. It's generally one of following three: 1. the castle was changed over the centuries, and look nothing like it did in the middle ages. It's the case for Burg Eltz in Germany, for example, or many french chateaus. Actually, most castles are like that. 2. the castle was simply entirely built later, like Neuschwanstein for example. 3. the castle is unchanged but in a very poor shape. It often happens because people actively destroyed castles when they weren't useful anymore, for several reasons (security reasons (bandits could use them as a base), to re-use the material (people did that throughout all of history, even with the pyramids)...). That's how you end up with ruins. Oh I forgot the 4th case: reconstructed to be "historical" (it happened in the 19th century), but actually with some improvements and a lot of imagination for the missing parts. That's for example the case for the Haut-Koenigsbourg (Hohkönigsburg) castle. Which remains a gem tho. That's why I think Guedelon is very useful. To see how it was really.
@@xenotypos Didn't mean to say Guédelon wasn't useful. I was just referring to the moment he was stunned because the hall was all handmade and he realized, the whole castle was. The actual numbers aren't that important, it's just to get a feeling for the dimension of how often all this happened. And castles weren't the only things that were built, but also churches, cathredals and all the cities, so the actual efford of all generations is higher anyways.
@@xenotypos In France, the number of castles is estimated at 45,000, yes. In french : 45000 châteaux dont pas mal de ruines oui mais qui font tout autant la richesse de la France. And ironically, Guédelon will be, by its nature and its construction, an authentic medieval castle! For information, the largest castle in Europe is located in Sedan in France of course.
What would perhaps be interesting would be to distinguish between residential castles and fortified castles (fortresses) 🙄
About how the roof tiles stack in place, watch this and you'll see that the method to built a roof doesn't differ that much today. The method is still the same, just the shape of the tiles is optimised nowadays. At 10:30 you can see especially the stacking technique. kzhead.info/sun/mciPfdCEgpmohoU/bejne.htmlsi=Dbbfd5m_l4cc85rJ Greetings from Germany 😎
❤❤❤
When you think that the Kheops pyramid was built in just 25 years, with tools from 4,500 years ago! Even with the help of extraterrestrials it's still fast 🙄
05:02 They would have had many, many more people working on the site, in the Middle Ages. So it would have bee much, MUCH faster back then. A matter of months, not years.
These people would also have been masters of the craft already, while many modern people need to get used to it ... AND they dont work on this during the winter time because of health & safety regulations, which wouldnt have existed "back then". Certain jobs cant be done during the cold time (cement / building walls), but then you can do other jobs to prepare for the next season of actual building, like shaping stones and/or gathering resources.
hey i cant find your reaction to diana ankudinova's song ( tommorow is a lie )
02:36 Family, staff, garrison... 20 people??? That is really few. Too few, even.
Actually generally it wasn't prisoners or slaves who worked on these larger projects. Even the pyramids had very few slaves who built it all. Despite common belief. Slaves and prisoners generally did not have the knowledge to perfectly cut and size the stones, etc. People with knowledge got hired. Slaves or prisoners might have done the transportation, etc.
american idea use prisonners ? this is the way of thinking in the us. almost 2 millions prisonners in the us
11:02 Most-likely not. But he found something that he wanted AND needed to do. Financially, it is not wise. But is it worse than to "wake up" at 55 or 60 years old and finding that you actually bored yourself out, that yiu actually were unfulfilled for the last fifteen to twenty years? That is far from clear-cut.
Fun fact the longest War in France was between 1337 and 1453 - 116 years - it's the Hundred Years' War - Guerre de Cent Ans - ...
Castles weren't built for defence though that was part of their job. The main reason was to dominate the surrounding area. Normally a castle would be in a prominent place and would be seen for miles around. It was a statement of who rules the area.
Not for defence? Oh yes. Yes, yes, they were. Not only for that, but also for defence.
The USA has too few medieval castles.😁
Building a Fort wouldn't work either, because they can't find a compromise😁
Carajo “Luna Herida” kzhead.info/sun/ipyNg5abhYN5pn0/bejne.htmlsi=O9c8UcjsSg1MDXDg You’ll tell me later
Why does DW show commercials in the USA? The channel is financed by taxpayers' money and is therefore not allowed to show advertising.
DW might not get any revenue from this, but KZhead still wants to “get paid”. And it is not as if ‘state-financed’ broadcasters never run commercials. Most public channels in Germany do so, the regional radio stations, ARD, ZDF. Even the BBC runs some commercials in its international programs.
yes KZhead always wants to get paid
The german GEZ is not a Tax.
@@claasengelbart2268 DW is not financed by GEZ.
Europe ? Non la France !
C’est quand même l’Europe ;)
@@fredaves268 Ils se trouvent sur le continent américain mais on fait la différence entre le Canada et le Brésil, non ? Ils se trouvent sur le continent asiatique mais on fait la différence entre l'Inde et le Japon, non ? Et je vous fiche mon billet que la majorité des "habitants" de l'Europe ne se pense pas comme des européens !
@@AlfgardVicAenorDuFay concrètement la France est sur le continent européen et fait partie de l’UE. Un mec de Californie ne dira jamais qu’il n’est pas américain.
@@AlfgardVicAenorDuFay France is of course a Part of Europe and a Member of the EU. Regardless of what some people may believe or claim.
Arrêtez de tout mal prendre vous foutez la honte à force. La France est en Europe et surtout je pense que "Europe to the Maxx" est le nom de l'émission et qu'ils parlent de toute l'Europe, de pays à pays selon l'épisode. Les gens devraient juste être content qu'on parle de leur truc à l'autre bout du monde, je vois pas matière à râler.