Best history channels on youtube?

by dodgecanon5

Best history channels on youtube?

WARitter

First off, the YouTube channel caveat. Even good Youtube channels aren't scholarly sources, because the format doesn't allow for proper citations. However, the fact that these are -videos- allows the presenter to illustrate something (movmement in armour, for instance) much more effectively than text or pictures could. There's two good channels about Medieval armour and combat that I would recommend:

  • Schola Gladiatoria by Matt Easton is a HEMA-focused channel that has a lot of good pieces about weapons and armour (I can't speak to the actual martial arts - I study HEMA to contexutualize armour and weapons, not the other way around). His segments with Dr. Tobias Capwell of the Wallace Collection are particularly good.

  • Knyght Errant by Ian La Spina is a more focused channel on military equipment in the late 14th and very early 15th century (the era of Agincourt). It includes a series of videos on each part of the harness (suit) of armour worn by men at arms.

As a bonus, here is my favorite Youtube video of armour, from the Musee du Moyen Age. Though the video doesn't have a full 'works cited' and discussion of methods the armour used (the one with the Great Bascinet) is discussed in detail in a recent paper on armour mobility, which I'm hoping to talk about this Saturday as part of our 'what are you reading' feature.