Churches were centre of the community and yet we are building this one outside of the village - curious!

"This village is a Slavic one, houses won't go up higher than level 1 or 2" "And there we will build a German town, where the nobility lives!" As a Pole, I give you my angry like

Here's a fun fact btw: as fortifications in Germany were sparse and relatively minor, Magyar raids would more often than not prompt a temporary retreat of civilians into the wilderness. One of the more famous and well-documented raids on St. Gall prompted the monks to flee into nearby caves and hide their library! One anchorite stayed in her part of the monastery and was promptly killed - even sturdy walls can't protect you when things get rough!

"If you lived in the medieval period" Bro I live in the Balkans.

Fun fact about the tannery: those vats of liquid are actually urine, which were used in the tanning process. This obviously smelled horrible, which is why tanneries were often far away from village centers or in the poorer parts of town (and probably also why there is a smell overview in the game)

Fun fact! Churches are usually oriented; that is the altar is in the East so the parishioners pray to the East. It's not universal though.

Its nice to see a Manor Lords series that is being made to actually look like a medieval town rather than Cities Skylines with a medieval skin.

I'm from Russia. Here it's still popular to have a kitchen garden or home garden whatever you call it. In villages you have your own plots of lands obviously, but in small rural towns with residential buildings type of housing it's common to have a big plot of land behind a building where residents assigned smaller plots of land to farm. Most of Russians have worked in a kitchen garden at least once in a live. But kitchen gardens isn't something that can sustain a family though, it just gives some variety of food, fresh homegrown vegetables or fruits, some of it is canned to send to relatives in cities.

"Many places have Germanised Slavic names". Most that end with -itsch, -itz, -witz and -in. Most notably: Berlin. Yes. Most likely from Lechitic (Old West Slavic) word for... SwampVillage. Or Swampville. The other theory is bar-lin, current Polish barłóg - "bear lair". :)

This "people who own chickens" erasure will not stand!

The village church in Germany where I was Christened sat atop a hill, while the farming village was at the bottom with the fields. The major town nearby was built the "standard" way with the church at the centre of the village at the highest point. It's really interesting to see how villages that are so close can have different approaches based on geography and the relative wealth of the settlement.

small fact about 10.19 in terms of tanning, I am a hunter in Baden-Wurtemberg so not so far away from you and I regularily got to do with a couple people who tan foxes and Boars. The tanning process is pretty extensive and disgusting, for example a Deer hide, after the hunter has killed a deer he will prepare it (removing red organs etc.) and then cool it for a period of 48-78 hours after that he will take a knife and slowly and carefully remove the hide (aus der Decke schlagen) to break down the carcaus into smaller parts (Zerwirken). The hide then gets picked up by the Tanner. The raw hide then gets washed and then the fat gets removed from the hide. depending on thickness it will get cut into shape/ cut into smaller chunks. Then the hide will be prepared with urin or other chemicals (to stop it from going bad) and salted the so called Blößen. Afterwards the hide gets hung up in the sun to dry. depending on what is supposed to be produced by it there are now many ways to Tanning a hide. this would get to long tho if I write it all down. I hope it helps and there is a great article about tanning by the Lederzentrum GmbH talking about german tanning history if youre interested

I think my favorite detail of the game is how the roads slowly grow (widen) when you place buildings on them, then moreso when you upgrade them. In the fun words of the proud bavarian - "So cute"

The 'Rundling' is not an exclusively German construct. We call it a 'runding' in Danish, or rund(d)el more modernly, so, basically identical and I imagine the other Scandinavian countries have very similar names for it as well. It traces back to some 1200 to 800 BC up until some of the earlier viking settlements discovered. But please take it with a grain of salt, as I'm rusty on the details. As to who came up with it first- who knows!

I'm really loving the build so far! The extra historical context is also really interesting! Can't wait for the next episode!

We got such rounded villages commonly in the east of the Netherlands! They were often build around natural ponds and vens, where people and animals got their water. That put the village in a low point in an area. If possible, they'd build not too far from the nearest river. But never next to the river, as that land will flood yearly!

Okay a little request: if, and it’s a big if, you make a Welsh style village, and it happens to be where there were formerly bandits, you could name it Llangwylliaid (Llan = church/parish + gwylliaid = bandits, so it’ll translate as the Church of the Bandits, which sounds cool)

i actually cheerd when i saw this video was out, just watched the first one an hour or so ago and i love this way of explaining the history and at the same time how this game is played.

Absolutely loving the history/culture insights in these videos! Not German myself, but I spent a significant portion of my childhood in Germany, and I always love learning more about what would essentially be my "childhood home". Looking forward to more Manor Lords!

As far as I can remember, tanning basically involves a whole bunch of acids to remove any unwanted material from the raw hides the hunters bring you (flesh, hair, etc) and smoothen/strengthen the surface into being workable, dyable and so on. For processes like making parchment, for example, this could've been quite long (since good parchment is almost white... and animal skin IS NOT XD)

could u talk about some theories of "how come slavic peoples went to live in these villages constructed by germans" and that entire dynamic in the next video

When you build the German settlement you should hyphenate the name like Alsace-Lorraine or Saxony-Anhalt

I really like the weirdly shaped 'wedge plots' you have. They look so chaotic and natural, and break up th eorder nicely

It's possible to create natural barriers by giving instructions to the Forrester hut.

Dobry dźeń and greetings from Upper Lusatia. I'm a Sorbian myself and I'm amazed by your knowledge of our humble little people. I wish you a lot of fun in the game, I'll definitely be there from the 26th and you have inspired me to build historically correct villages ;-)

Most towns would have had a watch at night. A % of the townsfolk up and awake with lanterns or torches... maybe a town watch will come later.

Somewhat similar to a rundling is the Dutch ringdorp, a settlement type from the 12th and 13th century found in the southwest of the country. It has a church in the centre surrounded by a moat and a circle of houses. I really enjoy your videos and play style. Very thoughtful and informative. Keep it going. Cheers from the Netherlands.

The goats really should provide milk, meat and hides.

How dare you assume I can’t live for 600-1300 years!

In the uk you often see the churches a little outside the village or on the modern day edge because of the black death. Everything would be abandoned and people would relocate a couple of miles away but the church would remain.

I’m really enjoying the historical aspect of this series, and the graphics look excellent. It’s much easier to find books in English about England, Scotland or maybe France in this period than it is for other parts of Europe.

I came for the gameplay and stayed for the documentary. First time ever I subbed within first 3 minutes!

This guy's speed of making videos is amazing

Interesting layout, it reminds me of some villages in the english / scottish borders, where the back walls of houses formed part of the village defences, with grazing animals being sheltered in the centre of the village during attacks. That ment front gardens and no back window.

if its a shrubbery you need then prehaps employ some local questing knights

This game is BEAUTIFUL! Thanks for the fascinating commentary!

12:06 Firewood is not only for heat, it's also for cooking.

When you go third person camera, I get huge kingdom come deliverance vibes.

I’ve been so pumped about this game for a while! I bought it yesterday but won’t have time to play for a couple days yet. When I do I think you’ve inspired me to try and make my villages as historically accurate as possible! I’m from the US but want to visit Europe so bad because it’s so old and interesting!

I know I'm late but a tip for getting rid of trees is build farmland or pastures then demo them it will get rid of trees and everything inside of the area

This was so enjoyable and relaxing to watch!

In Britain the Church really controlled a lot of land back then and grew to be very prosperous estates. So hopefully there will be an update in the future, to include the creation of monasteries in your lands. However the wealth from them, may not entirely benefit the lord of the manor. Tithe payments were also payed by peasant workers to maintain ecclesiastic buildings such as churches. Maybe Germany was different, I'm unsure

The UK also has these common areas at the center, often eye or circular shaped.

yes finally got to watch a opb vid on release instead of a day later

Many villages in England have a church (without a church they were not a village, but a hamlet) outside the village centre, often at the end of their own road, although villages mostly later expanded to surround it. Roads followed the routes people customarily used between settlements or to access outlying farms or resource areas for forestry, hunting camps, foraging areas, or just a small local deposit of clay or stone, sufficient for their own needs. Only plentiful higher quality natural resources led to specialisation and more people living around that resource to work it. So the roads came after the people and the routes they found easiest to use, and were only planned between the most significant towns. Of course, those round villages were exceedingly rare, and the overwhelming majority started out simply because local foraging and hunting were productive, then expanded into farming. Later, if some particularly abundant natural resource was found nearby, a village would start exploiting it, and end up specialising in pottery, ironworking, stone quarrying and masonry, or whatever else was found. Those then grew into towns because of the labour-intensive industry and imported food from surrounding villages, which in turn became more specialised in food production. Abbeys, priories and monasteries were the most planned of all, and often followed fairly exacting standards according to the order they belonged to. Most had chains of fishponds in which carp were farmed, because they needed a regular supply of fish for Friday consumption, and they attracted markets to supply the needs of supplicants travelling to the religious establishment, giving rise to large settlements around the abbey, priory or monastery.

26:00 The Black Market Collection Plate for Goats is Strong in the Black Forest 🤣 Savvy Move!

I just realized when you pointed it out on why the goats aren't more productive by being milk producers lol

I appreciate the insight into medieval history. I’ve always enjoyed the medieval era, and am going to extra enjoy incorporating some of your techniques into making my villages look more authentic when the game launches. :D Thank you.

First time in a while I was literally excited for and thinking about the next episode. Can't wait to get my hands on this game, looks so chill.

To be fully historically accurate, you should've built the church ad orientem (that is: with the altar facing east - that's usually the opposite side of the building from the steeple). Though i don't know if the game actually gives you a compass....

Roundabouts are the best-a-rounds

Raiders are coming

Damn, autumn in Caseritz so beautiful

Loving the content so far! Ive been excited for this game since I played the demo. Thank you for the extra historical context as well. ❤

You need ammonia to tan hides...since there was no chemical store back then they had to get it from natural sources. So one of those washtubs would have been filled with urine. So I wouldn't say they are "washing" the hides lol.

Cool game. Cool historical context.

Im gonna change my wallpaper to the shot at 33:35 that looks gorgeous

Loving the change to how the market stalls work. Feels much more natural.

"If you lived in the medieval period, which you most certainly didn't because otherwise you wouldn't be watching this"... Gooooood, our immortal secrets have not been leaked 😈

Im so into you doing an immersive rp series in this game

I'm looking forward to this game! But I'm also loving the impromptu history lesson on middle ages Europe! Do you have any recommended reading on this topic in English?

i know its a tad anachronistic but id love if you could build Slavic shrines too

EXCITED FOR THIS SERIES!

This game looks amazing

I love this, keep going

Are the families a basic unit with constant production value, or does it actually matter how many members are in the family? Like if the eldest son dies in a skirmish with bandits, does that decrease your production of that family?

Hearing my favorite CK3 Streamer, One Proud Bavarian, say "God Bless America" when celebrating totally made my day! I'm looking forward to playing the game soon! With love, from Los Angeles!

I love this series

keep up this series

i love how these comments are full of historical fun facts hehehe

Are you able to launch a particular map Seed, in the way of Valheim?

i think it would look cooler if you connected all the gates of the church to a path

I wanna get this game and do the standard American city’s blocks all on a grid to show these Europeans how great it is to be an American

Gerbereien verwenden Hundekot und Wasser zum Sieben von Häuten.

Manor Lords!

do oyu have to explain the tsame 3 things over and over again?

I kinda wish the uniformity of your troops was similar to Kingdom Come Deliverance.

"this is so cool....but its not exactly like reality. Schade...."

Wouldn't IT be more realistic If you use a east German Banner instead of a Bavarian?

It sounds like you mix up the word "cool" with the word "cute". There's nothing "cute" about an outhouse, unless there is a passion for them in Deutschland? ☺️

sup

Population growth in the middle of the night? Hmm…

I adore this, you are very enlightening and you maintain enough of an accent to be "exotic" (in a good way) but also still be very clear in your oration keep it coming, I need to see you make a historically accurate castle-town

Why can't I buy this game?

I don’t know, not sure if this game will keep me engaged after 1 or 2 playthorughs to be honest. I hope they release the mod workshop with release

deutsche fussball bund

Thing I really don't like is fact that there's no proper day night cycle apart from visual representation, to me game that portrays itself as "medieval village simulator" not having your villagers as actual people who need to rest and not some robots who work constantly is a fucking joke honestly.

Ngl, you are talking to much, I make the video faster by 2 times, and the entire video, you didn't stop talking

Its so sad when people use the Lords name in vein and say GD as if its just nothing....... Your words carry weight brother God hears all.

Fun Fact: Caseritz is a Village only 11km from where I live. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caseritz

15:55 German attempts to make humor in 3..2..1

Love your pointy shoes

Would these village folks keep dogs for hunting and scare off wild animals that might otherwise ravage your backyards?