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If it has *crenellations* I call it a castle. If it has *machicolations,* I call it a _true castle._ If I see a Shadiversity vid, I click it.

In it's most oversimplfied version, I see Neo-Gothic can be summed up as, "Who cares if it's practical or not doesn't it look amazing?"

So to summarize: Medieval Caste - combination of a noble residence and a military fort from the medieval period Baronial Style - builds make to look like castles Gothic architecture - an architectural style that heavily uses features like arches and buttresses built around the medieval period Neo-Gothic - originally meant Victorian and more modern buildings with Gothic style features but has become abused to the point that it now includes anything Gothic like and castle like. Shad - someone who gets frustrated at the inability of human beings to come up with consistent ways classifying things and stick to those classifications. P.S. If you really want to go down the rabbit hole try programming. Trying to turn the world into hard logic will force you to learn just how much of stuff we take for granted is completely arbitrary tradition with no actual logic behind it.

Shad: "I condensed a 1 hour video into a quarter of that" Someone: "You had to cut so much?" Shad: "I just talked really really fast"

Shad Fact: Shad’s daughter loved the movie Tangled so much, she and Shad have started creating their own martial art using the combat frying pan as the primary weapon.

Got so confused, at one point I thought I was in the middle of an auction...Sold! I want the one with the pretty spires.

I always thought you could spot a neogothic castle by all its vampires and mood lighting

today i learned that architecture can be very confusing and that there's this really cool castle-looking place in Russia

Anyone else picture Shad making a conspiracy wall map trying to get this video right?

Hello shad. It is true that we Germans have the distinction between ‘burg’ (highly defensive medieval residence) and ‘schloss’ (magnificent noble residence). But it is not completely consistent. Some ‘burgs’ have been rebuild to ‘schlosses’ after the medieval period but still get called 'burg' because they have once been one. I don’t know if there are more inconsistencies with this terminology but that’s the one I know. EDIT: for german grammar enthusiasts: the real german plural of 'Burg' is 'Burgen' and the plural of 'Schloss' is 'Schlösser' you also write them with a capital letter in the beginning because in german all nouns start with upper case. EDIT2: Example: 'Burg Hohenzollern' Coordinates: 48.323624, 8.967374. It has been rebuild in the 19th century and is by definition a 'Schloss' but is still refered to as a Burg because its the name of the Schloss. EDIT3: The term 'Burg'. Yes the term 'burg' at the end of a town name refered to having a 'burg' near by or being fortified themselfs. Also as mentioned correctly by "Blah b" the name for "citizen" in german is similar to 'Burg': 'Bürger'. The term 'Burg' itself in german comes from the german verb 'bergen' "to safe, to protect, to secure" but the meaning shifted in the meantime to "to retrieve, to salvage, to rescue" And to get to the roots of ‘bergen’ it comes from the german word for mountain: ‘Berg’. A mountain provided security and protection. Just like a castle does that’s why in german the spelling of castle and mountain are so close to each other: Burg / Berg Funfact: I grew up in a town called 'Rottenburg'. I get asked a lot by english people, who know the concept of adding -burg to a towns name, if i know what rotten means. And the "shocking" answer is: the term rotten in the towns name rottenburg actually means exactly that. They normally expect it means something else in german. The reson is: it was build on the rotten remains of a roman city. Back then rotten refered more to terms like forfeited, derelict and decayed -> which later became the bridge to its meaning today

Thanks for this, I have adapted my plans. Going to build me a Baronial Neo-Gothic castle smart-home in the Colorado Rockies, except will be sure to include MACHICOLATIONS and perhaps one gatehouse just in case.

6:12 we the students of Shadiverity, hereby request, that conciderations be made in reguards to the construction of a "CATHEDRAL of LEARNING" and expansion of our campus to accommodate said cathedral....

Watching while drunk was not a good idea. I just heard "gothic", "neo gothic" and "castle" a bunch of times and Shad getting angry for some reason. Shad getting angry and frustrated is hilarious by the way ^_^

Awsome video but man how many Redbull did you shotgun just before making?

There are few things more pleasing than someone ranting about a subject they are passionate about and, what's more, know a lot about.

you just made me realize what difference is between a Schloss and a Burg. i knew it, but never articulated it. thx from a german speaking swiss

At double speed it's even more epic XD

This might be your best work yet. I could almost hear you have an aneurysm.

*MACHICOLATIONS* Fixed that for you.

You really upped your game with Neuschwanstein (Sounds good now to a native German)

At the 11 min mark, I had to turn the subtitles on. LOL Thanks for the very passionate video, if I ever land up with enough money, this is the sort of castle I think I'd like.

So what you're saying is the system of architectural naming conventions is baroque?

Thank you for this video. Living in Franconia/Bavaria in the neighbourhood of so many burgs and castles (so to speak under the shadow of Schloß Schwarzenberg), it really opened up my eyes again. I take these buildings too much for granted.

At least 3 levels of Barbarian needed for that kind of rage :,)

I like it when people get frustrated and you can hear it. Some people don't and say it's childish but they're wrong. Getting frustrated shows a passion for sharing the truth, and a deep love for the topic that's being spoken about. Keep it up Shad!

I love your *"LEGENDARY"* intro. Really pumps me up for some GODDAMN HISTORY!

Me: Would you repeat that? You: What part? Me: The part after "Greetings, I'm Shad"

Architects need to get together and fix this! Also send more of those hot building pics lol.

So many of those buildings you show are gorgeous I almost want a list of them so I could look up more pictures.

250 likes 109 comments and only 1 view... Yep nothing wrong here.

do a fantasy re-armed on dryads/ents :D

I flippin love it. I eat this stuff up. I don't know if I'm representative of your viewer base as a whole, but I really do love your architecture themed videos. Hell, I love all your videos. Cheers from Virginia Beach, mate

His frustration at sites that are called castles but are painstakingly obviously not castles, combined with the speed at which he's speaking, is somehow very gratifying.

Wow, that was confusing but I think I was able to follow along pretty well. I think. lol

Your pronounciation of Neuschwanstein has improved quite a bit

As a German I have to say your pronunciation of Neuschwanstein has gotten pretty good :D The first time I've ever heard you say that name I honestly had to laugh. I believe it was in your real castle vs. Fantasy video. Sorry about that, but it was a really funny pronunciation xD

A castle video from Shad? I see my birthday has come early this year!

This isn't confusing at all 🙃 "cAHsuHL"

..... uhhhh..... I'm going to have to watch this again.... maybe take some notes to get this straight.....

This. Video. Was. AWESOME!

Wow, so much information! I think i need to watch it again. Anyways, as much as i have understood, the main problem here is language and how to properly define a castle. As you correctly said in German we do seperate between "Burg" and "Schloss". Btw, thanks for mentioning this! I think we should maybe go away from counting on how many architectual castle like elements there are and maybe focus more on the practical use of the whole building and the period it was build, of course. Btw. you pronounciation of "Neuschwanstein" has really improved! One thing though, if you stress the "schwan" (especially the "a" in it) a little bit more, instead of the element "neu" it will be perfect! So it is pronounciated: NeuSCHWANstein. Example: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gNNifs9939O0qY0.htmlm16s But really, it's just a minor inaccuracy, everyone understands what you mean anyways.

Great "rant" and yes "classifications" don't always make sense in part because no one really gives that much in depth thought when they first make them. You really hit the nail on the head. Your descriptions reminded me of a building I once worked in, the Metropolitan Life North Building, now known as Eleven Madison, in New York City. Technically it is an "Art Deco" skyscraper but because of WWI it was literally cut "short." so it tends to look sort of castle keep like. One thought about crenelations ... if your structure is above the normal range of arrows do you really need any defense against arrows in the first place?

Basically a more complex version of all squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares. Then you have these places which are influenced by different styles and fusing them together and it's a big convoluted mish mash (though admittedly can be quite beautiful if done right) that is really tough to classify. I don't doubt this episode was tough to do. I can really hear in your voice how tough this was to tackle. We appreciate the work you do though!

Wow ... that all actually made sense to me. Well done! :)

1 view, 216 likes. KZfaq, you're drunk.

1:07 MACHICOLATIONS!!!!!!!

I love this channel and it always makes me want to learn more. I would be especially grateful for a litte subtitle now and then with the name of whatever we're looking at so I could research it more myself later (like the building at 8:57, that's a cracking design, I'd love to know where that is) Thanks for always keeping us interested!

Can't honestly say I have a better handle on the classifications now.. but I LOVED seeing all the castles anyway! :-D

Shad, it is such a joy listening to you, one gets addicted to your videos. Your speed in which you talk is amazing, by the way. It leaves me speechless!

Shad can you do a video showing what would be a really good army in the medieval period ?

Greetings! I randomly found your channel tied to video game and movie castle reviews -- and all I can say is THANK YOU for pointing out so many of the critical details and "Hollywood" flaws that get mashed together into what most people perceive as "castles". This video is wonderful because it's along the exact same lines -- how castles transitioned from a purely functional / military construct to more of a stylized exposition of wealth, power, and style. Hah, and yes, the terminology is maddening. :) Keep up the great work! I eagerly await your next episode.

This has been one of the best videos I've ever seen on youtube!

Shad casts confusion. You are confused.

a note on maiden castle: the mapping of britain was largely done by military types (ordnance survey) which was founded in the mid 1700s. what happens when a minor cartography officer in that time sees an ancient hillfort? he slaps the name castle on it regardless of wether it was called that before (which it might have been seeing as the locals weren't that well educated on the bronze/iron ages) TL:DR- a lot of these locations have names that were assigned by 18th century military logic, not by modern archaeological logic.

Exams are next week. Shad, why must you distract us?

i could watch your architecture videos all day.

More medieval engineering/design videos please.

Ayyyy shad pulled through with this one

That Pitsburg thingy looks more like a skyscraper, from afar at least

Did you have 10 double shots of Espresso for this video??! with the speed and clarity of your speech, I needed to go back and watch a second time to catch all of what you were discussing..lol

Found your channel by KZfaq recommendation "accident" and i am so glad about that, extremely good content and inemaginable level of quality. Sincerely a new fan from Brazil

Some of these structures are breathtaking!

Stirling Castle's quite a good one if you're looking at elevated positions. Also; your pronunciation of Neuschwanstein was surprisingly good. Congratulations! Your machicolations pronunciation still needs work though.

I really checked if the video was playing at standard speed, because Shad speaks so fast in this. ;-)

You know what would be interesting to see? A village progression, among the lines of an average yet slightly unfortunate settlement in terms of being attacked, starting from nothing and explaining how the settlement would progress, preferably in 3D (like how you reconstructed castles from movies), in random parts of the past, using that time's tech, to progress and thrive. You can make that into some kind of RPG series, at least after a tutorial showing people how to make a standardized setup so you can patch things together quickly, having multiple people take part into an in-video re-enactment of a medieval strategy game. Like with any other RPG series, you gotta choose what to invest in, while making your settlement, and that includes the kinds of skills that would be welcome there.

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Right, so to sum it up, Castles are the traditional defensive structures, Baronial applies to castle like structures that don't prioritize defense, and Neo-Gothic is a set of design features that can be applied to either. Did I get that right?

Yeay! Moar facts about castles that I do not yet! In all seriousness, I learn a lot about castle from this chanel. And for this, Shad, I thank you!

I mean, I actually understood some of that, most of that .... Wow

I wonder how people have the nerve to unlike this magnificent video

Amazing video... epic rant indeed. Thank you Shad

As a German I am glad that you mentioned the distinction we have, because literally half a minute earlier I thought to myself that this video is basically a summary of why we have the distinction

I do not have words to describe, just... Wow amazing...

Wow, you really went all out on this video. This is worth watching again.

Thanks to your channel I started asking questions about our family during medieval times. My mother's side is Hungarian and turns out we are directly related to the Csáky family who where the last private owners of Spiš Castle in Slovakia before it was given to the state. I love your channel and keep up the good work!

Your legendary effort on a epic topic is greatly appreciated O mighty and wise castle oracle. Prays to you for such generosity with your knowledge and time.

1:12 my heart is broken I was so ready for the shout!

I have a headache. And I already knew quite a few things about the subject XD You did an amazing job :)

Another good video Shad! Just a thought, when you have a video with lots of reference photos like this one, it might be nice to have the name and/or location written in the corner so it's easy for people to look it up if it happens to catch anyone's eye! Just an idea, thanks for all your content!

My school is built in the neo-gothic style. Look up Central Catholic High School Pitts. PA Is also down the street from the cathedral of learning and my crew team will go there to run up and down the steps. Its funny, I was just looking at a picture of the cathedral of learning in a magazine and thinking about how it qualifies as neogothic when he brought it up.

I feel like I just watched a 2 hour documentary in 15 mins. Man, Shad you are just a beast when it comes to information dropping.

Shad, check out "Palácio da Pena" in Portugal. It is something that you have never seen, it has a lot of different cultures put together it's really awesome.

Love this stuff.

Pure awesomeness and quality material... as always!

Damn it Shad. Every time I feel like my DnD campaign is realistic enough with it's descriptions of architecture, you come along and make me rethink it all. Curses! But seriously, these neogothic blokes weren't thinking about dragons, were they?

Fantastic video! Very informative!

The frustration in this video has completely made my day. I'm new here. Literally watched video after video after video all morning. I think I'll stay.

Great video, my nose is now bleeding. Does anyone else smell toast?

How does this video have 48 comments, 110 likes, but only one view? Y'all need to finish watching what Shad put soooo much work into!

But what about dragons?!

Congratulations on your pronunciation of _Neuschwanstein_ , it was inspiring. Fun fact: Neuschwanstein's surroundings are so defensible because Vorder- and Hinterhohenschwangau (Fore- and Hind-Hohenschwangau), two smaller castles, had stood there before.

I'm gonna take a shot of vodka every time you say "castle" in this video. I'll be dead by minute 3.

always fun to watch a video of someone who clearly has passion for his subject.

Actually I wanted to point out here the German differentiation between Burg and Schloss, but while I tipped you pointed it out in the video, I'm once more impressed. And yes, Neuschwanstein is not a fortified Burg, it's Schloss Neuschwanstein, a pure prestige building.

And here Shad uses up his yearly quota of the words Neo, Gothic and Baronial. And maybe not the best video to make a drinking game from! ;)

Was afraid my mind would melt halfway into the video, but we're still ok!

Very interesting, explains a lot of confusions i had. Also, good exemples in the video. Lot of info. This is why youtube is awsome.

I personally love your commentaries on architecture and castles.