12 CASTLE misconceptions debunked by visiting REAL CASTLES!

Literally all of these misconceptions were told to us by our last guide visiting a castle here in germany (Rheinland Pfalz) lmao. And i thought so many times, that it didnt make sense .

Wait, you're telling me that your usual video set isn't a real castle?

I suspect that, especially in banquet halls, the wall tapestries would help with the noise level. Imagine having all the people of a banquet, party, or other gathering in a giant stone room with hard stone or plaster wall surface. Vast amounts of sound reflection and echo, raising the noise floor and forcing people to then speak even louder to be heard. (Like the noise level in a modern restaurant with an 'industrial' theme' of bare brick walls and exposed beam ceiling) The fabrics of wall tapestries would absorb some of that reflected noise, break that feedback loops, and make for a quieter more enjoyable environment (in addition to looking great)

2:15 "The person at the lower level has the advantage in combat..." As if millions of Star Wars fans suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

Love seeing Shad geek out on just the smallest detail of metal hooks in walls.

I don’t know why but Shadiversity talking about Castles is my favorite content from him. Nothing insane, just him and some Stone Walls and Houses

It is interesting how we feel that rough stone and unpainted furniture is "authentic". If we were to see a TV show or movie with authentic furniture that is painted, it would look wrong. It is bigger than just medieval timeframes. All of the bold white marble statues that we think of from Greek antiquity were painted with bold colors in a way that we would consider "garish" or "tacky" by todays standards. If a time period movie showed the statues painted... people would complain. And the Egyptian pyramids were covered with a fine layer of white limestone... they would be blazingly white, not the sandstone color we associate with them.

Your enthusiasm is palpable. Thanks, again, for such in-depth visuals and commentary!

Wall tapestries have another advantage - sound insulation, to cut down on echoes or sound carrying a distance within the castle..

I made my wife's dreams come true, and we were married in a castle. But you sure wouldn't have known it from the look on her face as we were bouncing around during the ceremony.

This is amazing content! So much historical knowledge but also useful to someone like me who has been playing RPGs since the late 70s. Thank you, Shad! I hope YouTube fixes the algorithm and gets your vids promoted again! Well deserved.

Love this video! It’s really cool to see the reality of medieval castles, and I hope Shad does more stuff in the field like this in the future

"If we make the floors and stairs uneven, that will give us the advantage!" 😊 "Ow crap! They had uneven floors and stairs in their castles too?" 😳

Anybody else notice that YT is actually giving us recommendations to Shads vids? After his complaint video I have gotten more recommendations in the last 11 days than in the last 5 months.

Cracking vid Shad, glad you enjoyed your trip here.

I was very happy to receive this notification from youtube for Shadiversity, it's been a while since I've gotten one, this is my favorite type of content for the channel.

On the uneven steps item. The college I went to had a very old General Ed building. There were two staircases, one was a service staircase sort of in the back and the other was the main staircase. The main staircase had marble treads. So many students had gone up and down the staircase over the 100+ years that the treads from first to second floor had prominent dips in them. While second to third weren't as noticeable and third to fourth were basically non-existent. Things get worn out when they get used. Even if the stairs were perfect when they were put in 700 years ago, they have had 700 years of deferred maintenance too.

A lot of credit to Shad on the respect he shows these places. The amout of restraint to not touch everthing is almost superhuman.

Loved this video a lot! Some of my favorite videos were just shad sitting and talking about a topic like history or castles and this is like that with bonus features.

Loved the video! This is what i like the most from your channel, historical stuff, especially castles! :D all your content is great, but this is. for me, the best!