Why Most Medieval People Didn’t Know Their Own Age...

Join from £3 on Patreon or YT Memberships for extra videos & bonus content, funded and influenced directly by you!   / officialmedievalmadness   In the Middle Ages, most European Medievals lived a rural life, a life that used the rising and setting of the sun, the changing seasons, the ebb and flow of the tides and the movements of the moon and stars to dictate their actions and choices. The clergy and monks lived their lives to the extremely rigid routine of a finely honed, liturgical calendar of devotional days and daily, timed prayers, all the while accompanied by the use of sundials, water clocks, astrolabes and eventually mechanical clocks. Let’s travel back in time to the Middle Ages and take a look at why it is so difficult to know what day it was, why there were three dates to celebrate the New Year and why there were no minutes. 0:00 Introduction 0:56 Movement of Time 04:21 Year of Our King 08:34 Time of the Season 10:56 Times Like These 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 [email protected] Copyright © 500 AD to 1500 Top5s All rights reserved.