So this is where Mordhau got the new skins from

Please don't let it happen again

when you misspronounce french you dont care when you mispronounce german or czech you apoligize i love that

REKT.

The lovely young lady in this became a rabid SJW, dyed her hair pink, shaved half her head, pierced her face shut and is now covered in those schizo doodle cartoons white girls scrawl all over themselves to indicate their hatred of their father. RIP.

+Another Duck pronounciation is on point as well.

German is easier for Swedes to pronounce than English. German is probably overall one of the easiest languages to pronounce.

+Another Duck While standing in front of a sign written in, what appears to be, Norwegian using Danish letters. :)

Steelmage99 The letter 'Ø' was actually used in Old Swedish, although I'm not sure about the times that and 'Å' were used.

Another Duck I didn't know that. Thank you for the information.

really? considering that most of the landsknechte were from aristocrat families maybe merchants to begin with i figured they would be allowed somewhat flamboyantly allready

@@vhaelen326 Perhaps the ones who ended up officers were, but the majority of them came from peasants and artisans, with some amount of criminals thrown in. I'm sure there were nobles, but undoubtedly in the minority. Think of this: if they were already allowed to dress flamboyantly, this decree would be pointless.

​@@headhunter1945 calling BS on that one criminals? maybe if they had some cash stashed away but peasants? yeah no. landsknechte had to buy their equipment before being hired and that was not cheap i cant remember exactly but the average amount for a full landsknecht equipment came to about 15ish guilders which as i said you had to spent upfront, then youd get paid 4 (8 if you quallified for double pay) guilders a month so for normal landsknechte youd have to work for 4 months until you BROKE EVEN, i was trying to figure out how much a guilder was worth (comperatively) in 1500's as a rough estimate but i couldnt find anything sadly, but given that 15ish guilders was enough for a whole set of mercenary equipment im gonna go out on a limb and say that a peasant wouldnt make more then a single guilder a month and even that is stretching it as far as im concerned, if an elite mercenary who puts his life on the life almost every day is only getting paid 4 times as much as a peasant id say there wouldnt be many elite mercenaries, so id say its closer to half a guilder per month BUT for arguments sake lets say a peasant earned a guilder a month that is still what he had to survive but once again for arguments sake lets say this peasant is good with money and manages to save HALF of what he earns a month, for a full landskecht outfit thats still abit more then 2 YEARS of saving up and that is with numbers which are probably alot higher in regards ot the peasants pay then it actually was so no the 'majority' was DEFINITLY not peasants. the majority was sons of merchants, or sons of aristocrats (mainly those sons that didnt have anything to inherit because one or several older brothers etc, you know how it goes, first son inherits the land and titles, the second one marries into another family and the third doesnt really get anything) also you were actually inspected/mustered before being hired so even IF by some miracle a peasant managed to save up to buy the equipment, he shows up to be hired and he is inspected and yeah as a peasant hed be fairly strong and in shape (unless he was sick, and lets be honest he was probably sick) they'd still figure out he doesnt know alot about fighting, i mean peasants were required to have some form of weapon so he knows which end to point towards the enemy but thats about it so yeah, as i said calling BS on 'majority came from peasants'

@@vhaelen326 Maybe in 1450 this was the case, I can't speak to that early period and it may be the case then, though I have some doubts. However, and in any case, by 16th century wages would have been 4 Reichsgulden a month, 8 for Doppelsöldner, and a 3/4 alemain rivet plate could cost as little as 1.5 Reichsgulden in this time period. A regular Spiessträger could afford his full equipment on his first monthly pay. Which he received in advance. The only requirement for coming in your own gear was for Doppelsöldner - if you wanted to qualify for double pay, you had to come in appropriate high quality armor with weapon, and be prepared for dangerous front-line duty from the start. Some warlords bought munitions grade armor in bulk and sold them to their own men by deducting it from their first payments. It's worth noting that any nobles would automatically rise to higher ranks among the Landsknechte, and so any Landsknecht that became prominent for us to actually hear about are predominantly likely to have been those few who came from noble stock. Anyhow, it's well established among historians that the greatest part of the Landsknechte were recruited from artisans and peasants. And if a mere peasant with broad shoulders could get in, there's no reason the criminal class shouldn't be able to.

+Peter Chartier They apear to be a litle shamefull after some time.

+Peter Chartier I am a re-enacter and I can tell you, nearly all of us will gladly talk to you about anything connected to our era of interest. Anything you want to know. But do not be too nosy about everything, we are still people and can be a little camera shy, which is what happened here I think. But god, that girl should not be camera shy, she is pretty as hell :D But back to the point... you can ask whatever you want, but before you ask, think about the question... I got so many stupid questions, just incredibly stupid ones that anyone with an IQ higher than that of a duck should have figured out on their own. We will answer even stupid questions, but we will think you were an idiot, so there is that.

CZProtton Quack? :D

+Peter ChartierI'm also a reenactor and yup, we love answering questions, i'm usually manning the weapon and armour racks letting people try stuff on or hold our swords

CZProtton What kind of stupid questions do you get asked? (the most stupid pls)

Mom: All these youngsters with their ripped jeans Landsknecht reenactor: Hold my beer

I wish all women would dress so nicely

Well, it's a bit more complicated than that...

More than most German people are.

@@RobinOnYew and how do you want to know that my friend ?

@@Philipp.of.Swabia Been in Gernmany, at least from where I was, if I got in jam, a German person around me would assist in almost every case I had. That's my experience anyway.

+Yoriko Arran Very true. One only has to look at men's fashion through the centuries to see that what the guys wore was often uncomfortable as hell or at least not more comfy than what women worse. The really uncomfortable fashion for the ladies came up in 19th century with super-tight corsets but then the men had to wear stiff high collars and always an undershirt, shirt, vest and jacket even in summer. Not everything was made to screw us women over. XD

Only about the ripped clothes: It is thougt that they were more practical than the normal tight ones which were worn back then. Which seems reasonable that wide, ripped clothes are better fot moving. But yes it probably was also for show

Ripped clothes would forever be getting tangled and caught in things and themselves.

Regency-era dresses look tremendously comfy compared to what the men at the time were wearing. There's actually a Victorian-era newspaper cartoon about it: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/1857-regency-fashion-crinoline-comparison-joke.png . Of course, the more relaxed style of Regency women's fashion was a status statement, because it signaled that you were independently wealthy and didn't have to work. In the Victorian and Edwardian eras women started playing a greater part in public life because of industrialization, mass media and consumer culture, so their clothing became more ostentatious (and also more conservative).

Seems it was even-stevens and gradually men's fashion got more practical, with women's lagging behind until recently. That seems about right.

I think you'll find this is more to do with the homogeneous ethnic make up of the Germanic people more than anything. Prior to Christianity with it's sales pitch of everybody gets a wife only the top 20% sired 80% of children. Uglies died out especially where Christianity was slower to take. Christianity saw to it that we indigenous Europeans have our fair share of what you American's sum up in the 'La Creatura' meme of bad breeding, but overall the gene pool is more solidly predicated to intelligence, strength, and attractiveness. Sadly though we've probably lost a good portion of the strong and brave men by sending them to die in brotherwars to please the international bankers.

Read the Hootan Plan or Kalergi Plan to see how coveted and hated our genetics are, and the proposed final solution to the Germanic problem that the powers that be were planning on (and later executed verbatim). The UN's documentation on replacement migration summarizes the rest.

@@dr.lexwinter8604 It was a lighthearted remark about reenactors, not a treastise on eugenics, but ok...

@@jacktanner4948 Four years ago, too. Ignore them, KZfaq comment sections are the only soapbox they can spout their nonsense from.

@@keelanmurphy9941 oh I'll spout alright. I'm full of soap, mate, so you better get real

+Bernardo Grando Please, don't use that word.

+LordTrilobite There is nothing bad about that word, besides, Shakespeare invented the word "swagger".

+Bernardo Grando Renaissance pimpin

+Darth Terrest Which meant to walk in braggadocios matter. Swag is also another word for free junk. Is it also adopted by people with no class or taste to make themselves look cooler/ more sucessful than they actually are. But the modern usuage of the word swag wasn't around in Shakespeares times.

+LordTrilobite The word is entirely accurate because the Landsknechte were definitely the OGs of their time.

Kj16V Made my evening :D

I am the The 12th Viewer! (Sorry, Antonio Banderas...)

His costume must've been a nightmare to make...

Absolutely....... A labour of love....

+DontMockMySmock Yeah you don't build them any more. It's now part of the Commerce policy tree, and unlocking lets you purchase them for gold. It's cheaper to purchase than a Pikeman, but you can't produce them like you would normally.

+DontMockMySmock Indeed was change with Brave New Worlds, with it, Landsknechts are mercenary (still at half the price of regular pikeman) available for those who choose mercenary army in the commerce social policy. But with this change they also gained no movement cost on pillaging, extra gold on taking over city, while also able to move and attack right away after purchasing them.

haha. snail nashe

I can understand why the germans are reacting. It is the french after all that's the infamous snail eaters. :-D

***** You're correct, but since the word is meaningless I just went with the closest literal meaning.

Draewa A country snail sounds fucking badass

Tyler Peters no landschneck means snail from the countryside

That is actually a Swedish accent, a German person would pronounce it chacket, instead of Jacked. XD

+VelmiVelkiZrut Do you have sources for this?

+VelmiVelkiZrut This seems unlikely, given that the slashed sleeves are VERY wide, so they must have had arms like tree-trunks not to be able to squeeze into them.

+Lindybeige Of course they had arms like tree trunks. They were German.

+Lindybeige i think that that really puffy sleeve thing came in later on when they started doing it on purpose, rather than trying to carry/ wear clothes that didnt fit them

+NiekGAE Keep lying! Off course you can see if another man is attractive or not! How else would you be able to judge your chances with women?

koffieslikkersenior Sure I can. But several 'types' of guys I think are mediocre at best women find attractive. Other way around as well, when I have a talk with a girl about who is hot they often say something like "REALLY do you think SHE'S hot? Hell no". I think this guy falls into that category.

+NiekGAE judging from her accent, she's dutch. Why don't you come here some day?

magicspook Or Norse or Swedish

magicspook That won't be hard, considering I'm Dutch myself. I had a hard time placing the accent. When I speak English, unless I've got time to prepare and have a canned speech prepared I've got a terrible accent. One grade above "aai sink det...". Her accent I couldn't place because its not too obvious and I haven't got an ear for accents. Now that you mention it, yea probably Dutch. At least a Germanic tongue, but not German.

+Ulric Kessler (DeNola J'dar) it's sound similar but Knecht mean servant / worker and sometimes slave, they work for the land who pay them, Landsknecht :)

Well, the etymological root of knight actually ment servant, so it's possible that the two term are related. Although I disagree with your positive opinion on the Lanzichenecchi ( I used the Italian spelling cause I don't know the original one). When they sacked Rome they literally ended the Italian Renaissance

Younger sons to landowning peasents.

Fact is that the medieval people loved bright colors too.

just because they're old doesn't automatically mean they were dirty, I bet she knew all kinds of tricks down by the river

the trossfrau needs a modern BDSM style corset, a push-up bra and several inches of cleavage. the lansquenet needs riveted leather, studded leather and some nice baggy trousers. absolutely NO hats

+ZURATAMA1324 I thought the period of the tourists clothes was more like 2003 not 2015 which the video claims it was made..... :P

leather.. MORE LEATHER! here's a way more accurate depiction: itsonlyrocknrollandiluvit.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Manowar_by_Mullahsaid.jpg

***** "Yup, that doesn't look suspicious at all."

And there was something about figthing like a snail when it came to them if I remember correctly.

Because you’re trying to show off but nobody really cares?

hood*

Dantick09 No. Simply because those items are what poor peasants wear to make themselves feel important. Truly wealthy people do not wear that shit unless they are low class or are black.

Street Skater 66 how bigoted and dogmatic of you. Quit generalizing, there are low class and black people that wouldn't wear Adidas or Jordans just like there are rich people that enjoy wearing those brands or prefer them.

Except they tied their knots. The homies undid all their knots and laces and belts and walked down the road with their clothes trailing after them

Not me, that's for sure; although I do have a cunning plan, My Lord...

Lindysknecths, voran

Pants no more. Yup, that's Gwynbleidd, hunting some Bruxae, I guess...

its a woman bruh

*trossfrau*

In America most larger cities hold renaissance fairs every year or every other year. It's extremely popular.

+John Matthias "Get dressed you dufus!"? Maybe? Or "Guards! Help!"?

+John Matthias "Hail, emperor!"

+John Matthias "Stop! You've violated the law! Pay the court a fine or serve your sentence. Your stolen good are now FORFEIT."

+John Matthias Naked would mostly work but you usually need to wear something on your head. However, it depends on occasion. Like this, it's ok: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Hausbuch_Wolfegg_18v_19r_Badehaus.jpg or like this: www.herodote.net/Images/TRH_08_maxi.jpg

Correct. Being nude is considered period clothing.

+CountArtha Well, actually the german word for "groupie" is "Groupie", as the german word for "fan" is "Fan". Thanks anglo-american culture :P

+CountArtha more like "camp follower"

***** Yes, I'm familiar. I meant that the way Lloyd describes them made them sound like groupies.

+CountArtha Trossfrauen is the old German equivalent to nagging housewives, following you to work. We Germans had the reputation of fighting wars throughout europe only to get away from our wives....which didn't work all that well with Trossfrauen existing, now that i think about it.

+CountArtha Roadies would be more fitting. They actually supported the landsknechts and even fought second line if I remember correctly.

Jeffrey Smith and British “comedy” too

+ElizaberthUndEugen Yes, it seems that I put a SH sound in the middle, that should have been a cleaner S sound. Sorry everyone.

+Lindybeige Don't worry. It seems to me that most people just find it humorous and weren't really complaining about it. German humor can be hard to spot sometimes ;) Source: I'm german.

+Lindybeige The word has a much rougher pronounciation. I believe the kn was pronounciation as in knight back then when the k could still be heared.

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+ahmed shamsi Really, if you think about it, almost every "fashion trend" was about that, just expressed in different ways. Excess, vulgarity, showing-off, etc., meant different things to different people but the trends always tried to show that off.

+thinkpol Either that, or specifically avoiding showing off (i.e. conforming). That's true for fashion as far flung as Mennonites and conservative business attire.

That's a relatively jaded way of thinking. Choice of dress, when done with thought, can express a number of things from healthy lifestyle and careful personality to choices of personal taste. In part of the landsknecht, the idea of "what I wear is my own business, and anyone intending to tell me otherwise should come with sword in hand", an idea that resurfaces in modern youth subculture time and again. Most often with less convinction.

Klugscheisser

+JC Denton it's a german word, but used in english. loanwords are typically used with the grammar of the language that's borrowing them, not the "donor" language.

Hmmm, I said "sorry" at the very beginning of my post. I said, or rather wrote, "as an Anglicization/Anglicisation" it was ok. Well, well, there is lots of good will around here. So, why argue?! So, dear Lindybeige, I hope you did not take anything personally. Just let me express my gratitude for your videos in general. I'm out. :-)

+LDN EDD Thanks. :-)

+JC Denton Yes, I was using the English word. Similarly, I call it 'Germany' and not 'Deutchland'. I put my hand up to saying SH instead of S in the middle, though. I get confused with that one. The town of Stade, for instance is pronounced 'Shtarder'. Sometimes an S comes out as SH (sugar?), but I don't know when.

damm

@@anderskorsback4104 That's when you get real slashes in your clothing and lots of natural red dye splattered on it in unpredictable patterns.

We know, Jim.

yeah jim, we know

+Badatstuff well, as they said in the video, in 16th century Germany more... strongly built women were actually preferred, as (just as the clothing did) it showed, how much money they had, as they have to be able to afford lllloooooots of food in order to gain that weight. or they're just naturals xD

@@Ben-dr9kh lol if I would live in the 16th century I would prefer the poor ones then xD even as a nobleman.

+Diraphe show pics! (halberds are lovely)

+elgostine Mmmm 15th century polearms *drools*

+Yoriko Arran agreed theyre amazing

Personally , I would have parried rather than receiving it. They've been known to cave in your helmet or lop off an arm at the shoulder.

***** I heard this from Bill Bryson's book Shakespeare: The World as Stage where he was talking about the Chandos portrait (the one in your profile picture, coincidentally lol) and he said that the man in that picture is depicted as wealthy due to his dark clothing (among other things). I don't have the book with me but I do remember that from it.

Mike Rotella both, black and white cloth were a sign of wealth. To get black cloth you had to be able to afford to dye it black but if you wanted white you had to afford bleaching, and keeping it white, which was expensive aswell.

+Keckegenkai I know right, it sits so nicely on the guy's hip. Such... Stature. ... You WERE talking about the guy's "loin accessory", right?

+Keckegenkai she is quite fetching

+Keckegenkai him or her?