Why Did Medieval People Die Whilst Doing Their Laundry? | Hidden Killers

Why Did Medieval People Die Whilst Doing Their Laundry? | Hidden Killers | Chronicle

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Chronicle - Medieval History Documentaries

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Dr Suzannah Lipscomb takes us back to Tudor times in search of the grisly household killers of the Medieval period.
It was a great age of exploration and science where adventurers returned from the New World with exotic goods previously unknown in Europe. An era in which the newly emergent middle classes had, for the first time, money for luxuries and early consumer goods, many of which contained hidden dangers. Suzannah discovers that in Tudor houses the threat of a grisly, unpleasant death was never far away in a world (and a home) still mired in the grime and filth of the medieval period - and she shows how we still live with the legacy of some of these killers today.
00:05 Sugar
13:55 Chimneys
25:24 Laundry
32:32 Illness and Childbirth
44:16 Incorrect Medicine
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@ChronicleMedieval 2 жыл бұрын

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@coop5329 Жыл бұрын

I spent over 10 years living in an old house. One thing I can personally attest to is how very dangerous those stairs that "go around corners" are. Trust me on this, run straight stairs to a landing, then change direction 90 degrees. Do NOT use stairs that constantly change angle and are wider at one side than the other. I guarantee there will be dangerous falls.

@janstan8407 2 жыл бұрын

I knew it! As soon as I heard that music, it was going to be a Suzannah Lipscomb documentary. If anyone out there HASN'T watched here documentary on Witches, watch it, it's GREAT!!

@janstan8407 2 жыл бұрын

@@Stevie-J Funny, you mention she's gorgeous, then say "and it's Dr Lipscomb". It's not like being knighted. It probably took 6-8 years of university to get that doctorate. She has a Doctorate of Philosophy from Oxford. Though I did think it was for Tudor History originally, since she has such a heavy fascination for it. But yes, she is drop dead gorgeous with the figure to match. Yes, she does catch the eye. Guilty.

@eddiesroom1868 2 жыл бұрын

Witches, huh I'll have to look for it...

@ratgirl34 Жыл бұрын

There was a hot day where I was helping set up our camping site. I was struggling from the heat. Once camp was set up we went down to the lake, I only went in ankle deep and felt all the heat in my body get sucked out. Could totally see myself finding a way to drown ten feet off shore lol.

@MrHaighahatta 2 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for her to say that all that pewterware was originally made with varying quantities of lead, which leached out into food and drink and slowly poisoned the users.

@Nights_Nightmares.... 2 жыл бұрын

The word For Orange was Tawny in the Heraldic tinctures. And it is still the word used in official heraldry.

@judiannereppucci5659 2 жыл бұрын

makes me wonder what the hidden killer will be in our homes viewed 500 yrs from now

@nerys723 2 жыл бұрын

technology...

@margaretbruhn4376 2 жыл бұрын

Electrical wiring, gas appliances, mixing cleaning chemicals, mold due to poorly built bathing spaces and uncleaned laundry and dish washers, carpet

@mikeschouten4732 2 жыл бұрын

Sugar, booze, opioids, guns (at least here in the U.S.)

@JauntyCrepe 2 жыл бұрын

Our processed foods, vapes, alcohol...

@megancrager4397 Жыл бұрын

Genetically modified anything

@eiaboca1 2 жыл бұрын

I love watching these documentaries, but some of the tropes get to me after a while: they showed the narrator dramatically walking down the spiral stair approximately 972 times. Grr.

@royharper9472 2 жыл бұрын

You get what you pay for ..

@veronicastevens1614 2 жыл бұрын

@@Stevie-J lol 😂

@robertwarner1160 2 жыл бұрын

Yes more full body shots!

@georgeannasanders8716 Жыл бұрын

@@Stevie-J 7 bo999p9p

@mlentz1975 Жыл бұрын

OH MY GOSH!!!! I was thinking the same thing!!!! I watched her video about dangers in the vintage kitchen and it was the same thing. They need a narrator who does more than wonder about, ask redundant questions, introduce professionals who mainly talk but don’t show more artifacts merely pictures. ENOUGH WITH POURING SUGAR!!!!

@randomness8819 2 жыл бұрын

Love this series! Had seen one done about the US furniture in 50s n 60s. It was a wealth of knowledge that, I often recall. So, I am thrilled to see it's an actual series with the same narrator. Shes edgy, but still classy, young but mature; a perfect casting for this docuseries! Well directed, researched and written. Thank you to the entire team whom, worked so hard to help us attain more knowledge. I am in your debt.🤗😊

@theresaalexander4142 2 жыл бұрын

A lovely grown up lady at the top of her game. somewhere in her mid 40s. Such a pretty girl. . .

@eddiesroom1868 2 жыл бұрын

@@theresaalexander4142 The blonde? She's not that old...

@PeachysMom 2 жыл бұрын

@@eddiesroom1868 yeah she’s 43, she was born in 1978

@user-bj3jn1sq7y Жыл бұрын

@@theresaalexander4142 love her ringlets🤩

@user-bj3jn1sq7y 2 жыл бұрын

Those medieval pre-sugar teeth are amazing!

@laurenmclain6378 Жыл бұрын

Having dealt with extremely significant teeth issues after 40 years of never having had a cavity, having braces for 3 years, etc...I can say from experience that tooth pain due to infection is horrendously awful, and it can come on quickly. The pain I remember experiencing was terrible, it hurt so much, that I couldn't sit still until the pain was resolved with an injection that numbed that part of my mouth, and me starting to take antibiotics right away. I had to go in for multiple injections the day that I'm thinking about, and the next day, if I'm remembering correctly, to get me through the days without pain so that I could function, and I had to take pain medication at night, until the intense pain ceased. Antibiotics can/do work pretty quickly, thankfully. I will never forget the pain that I dealt with over at least a year of having to have major work done in my mouth. The thinking was that I'd picked up a bacteria in my mouth that I couldn't get rid of, and it destroyed the enamel of my teeth, and did it pretty quickly. This is something I never talk about with most people, because it was a traumatic, humiliating, painful experience that I wouldn't wish on anyone. Supposedly, once teeth rot, there can be a loss of any feeling, but getting to that point, if someone does ever get to that point, does take some period of time during which someone with tooth damage like that skull with the decayed teeth91aq would suffer

@user-bj3jn1sq7y Жыл бұрын

Hope you are better and over all that pain now!

@hetedeleambacht6608 4 ай бұрын

dear goodness. I hope since then you recovered somewaht. I had a dear friend, handsome fellow, but watching his teeth grow browner with the month. After politely asking about his teeth, actually suggesting he d see a dentist, he d say he knew, but didnt have the money for decent dental care, since appearently regardless of his health and basic dental insurence, this sort of care wasnt insured. Which I found appalling in a rich country as the Netherlands, where you pay quite a lot for health insurance if you are of limited means. I discussed with my partner and said `this will not do`. After insisting on my friend to see a dentist urgently, he finally took the courage to ask us to lend some money for the dentist. We didnt have a lot to spend either but we sure did. Being 35 or so and losing a great part of your teeth seemed so outerworldly to me in a rich, civilised society...

@briankleinschmidt3664 2 жыл бұрын

I've watched a few minutes of this before. I'll watch fewer this time.

@judysabatino6216 2 жыл бұрын

Isaac Dennison / Out of Africa. the author said she was treated with mercury for syphilis and it left her sterile.

@dougmiles7124 11 ай бұрын

The illustration at 20:30. Can't be too sure, but the onlookers at the right seem to include a priest; the man praying. People in some rural areas not that long ago still believed in getting the clergy, not firefighters using up-to-date equipment when there was a fire. The clergy got the credit for putting out fires even when the fire department came.

@PAULLONDEN Жыл бұрын

History.......the few hours of relief in my miserable "schools" .

@hetedeleambacht6608 4 ай бұрын

keep at it, one day you ll be off from it...and please dont stop learning new things just because school is crap...best of all, look for people that you can learn from and are good for you...

@PAULLONDEN 3 ай бұрын

@@hetedeleambacht6608 Thanks, but it's somewhat too late for me..being 72 🖐🥸

@justinholmesrealtor5604 2 жыл бұрын

There is alot of off set walls snd floors, that will drive me crazy

@docstockandbarrel Жыл бұрын

I did enjoy the poetry.

@wellingtonsboots4074 2 жыл бұрын

The cricket's pretty lousy so might as well watch this again. Thanks for posting

@beatricefrask5230 2 жыл бұрын

I am surprised! In France, even in the Middle Ages, we had LAVOIIRS. William the Conquerant met his woman there, and 9 months later, Guillaume was born.

@cxbaob 2 жыл бұрын

Suzannah ❤️💜❤️💜

@Justice_XI Жыл бұрын

Mercury reminds me of the radiated water people would take when nuclear radiation was thought thought help hell one guys jaw fell off

@redbirdacres 2 жыл бұрын

This is mislabeled. It's about Tudor Homes. :)

@maelofohio6682 2 жыл бұрын

Clickbait...

@farmdude2020 Жыл бұрын

Bring back the old laundry method lest we lose all our children to tide pods!

@armartin0003 Жыл бұрын

All I got to say, who is the madman that pours mercury on their hand 1:14 and when is their funeral?

@hetedeleambacht6608 4 ай бұрын

it is faked mercury, it is mentioned in the video by written subtitle

@elizabethelliott3175 2 жыл бұрын

We've seen this before. Don't post the same episodes with different titles.

@christinetracy4829 2 жыл бұрын

Agree...annoying.

@cecemaynard9254 2 жыл бұрын

WOW SUCH LOSSES 💦🙏😇🗝 SO GLAD THEY DEVELOPED CHIMNEY SWEEPS AND BETTER BUILDINGS AND MATERIALS 🙏😇🗝✋BLESSINGS💖🇺🇸

@chraffis 2 жыл бұрын

And swimming lessons.. What percent of people back then could swim?

@Geospasmic 2 жыл бұрын

The chimney sweeps had it pretty bad though.

@coop5329 Жыл бұрын

@cecemaynard9254 The little boys who were forced to clean the chimneys mostly died of testicle cancer.

@nomdeguerre7265 2 жыл бұрын

I think it was the chicken wire on their roofs. 😂

@skool_Lunch 2 жыл бұрын

I Kinda want a sugar luffa that I could just chip at all day it seems so satisfying and I cant imagine how rewarding it must be

@aastr3n839 Жыл бұрын

Was this how most women drowned in the medieval times due to wearing those heavy layered dresses?

@GoogleUserOne 2 жыл бұрын

3 walls sexy brit. The original common law identified a building as a 3 walled enclosure

@jameshudson169 2 жыл бұрын

28:28 i lke an obituary to tell how they died. you can keep your modern obituary. a sad comment on the of demise of the american obituary.

@tammygilmer1228 2 жыл бұрын

So what if this episode (and others) have been re-hashed...this is the first time I'm seeing this episode and I have no problem...you naysayers need to chill and grow up!

@randykirkland3927 2 жыл бұрын

Find me something that’s not years old, and I’ll grow up Tammy !

@WhitneyDahlin 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah Tammy I'm tired of seeing the exact same ten documentaries over and over again.

@chraffis 2 жыл бұрын

Why not just repost the same video with the same, original title?? Those who haven't seen it won't know any better, and those how have can go on with their day without being made a fool of with your infuriating constant retitling of already posted material!! Stop it!! Merry f-ing Christmas to you too!!

@mrs.cracker4622 2 жыл бұрын

I hope those weren't the original books being handled without gloves on?

@TheKnitch 2 жыл бұрын

They've learned the gloves cause more damage than bare hands.

@paulohagan3309 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheKnitch Really? Wow.

@Agforever12 Жыл бұрын

@@paulohagan3309 gloves make it harder to feel the pages so you are more likely to rip it, so clean dry hands are best

@janetmackinnon3411 2 жыл бұрын

Please stop confusing English with British.A historical inaccuracy which throws doubt on the whole programme.

@sarahmacdonald1143 Жыл бұрын

surely they could have compared same age and class of teeth rather than young well fed and an old who-knows

@kille7543 Жыл бұрын

When washing clothes and linnen, women would tie up their skirts AND washing was done in the summertime so the clothes would dry fast and the linnen could bleach ik the sun!

@hetedeleambacht6608 4 ай бұрын

the deaths mentioned by testimonial, drowning were all in januari, when the water is about its coldest and weather the nastiest....

@ruthanneseven 2 жыл бұрын

Old. Changed titles.

@70stunes71 2 жыл бұрын

Probably similar to bleach these days...can't stand the smell of that stuff lol

@cammythach7214 2 жыл бұрын

Creep old

@veronicastevens1614 2 жыл бұрын

I guess I must be stupid but I’ve seen this before and have one question about the sugar nuts in the beginning. Why does she say “ this feels very naughty.”?I’m guessing it is something sexual? Or does she not eat sugar? 🤷‍♀️

@mrs.cracker4622 2 жыл бұрын

I suppose in our day and age we've run out of things considered naughty. Diet's the only thing left.

@AlpenTree 2 жыл бұрын

Sugar was brand new to them at the time, a delicacy for the rich.

@veronicastevens1614 2 жыл бұрын

@@AlpenTree I understand that but why does she say “ this feels naughty?.” I know sugar was a huge deal but the narrator is from the now and I am sure she has tasted sugar before.

@paulohagan3309 2 жыл бұрын

@@veronicastevens1614 People nowadays know the connection between sugar and increase in weight. They also know about the health problems caused by obesity. In general when people talk about sticking to a diet plan, they sometimes jokingly say, 'I've been good; I stuck to my diet', as if they are like a child being good and following orders from their medical doctor. Conversely, when they do something like eating sugar or any other food which causes weight gain, they sometimes say, 'I was naughty; I had a bar of chocolate. So a lump of sugar with many calories can jokingly lead to people saying 'This feels naughty'. Moreover, I don't know why but for some reason I feel that Dr Lipscomb is a lady who watches her weight and tries not to eat too much sugar ...

@AlpenTree 2 жыл бұрын

@@veronicastevens1614 maybe because the way they are describing these candies is that they are made out of 100% sugar or perhaps 90% sugar with some food coloring or cinnamon added. How often do we eat pure sugar today? Even sugar based candies like gumdrops or Welch fruit candies are made in a base of gelatin (haha which is protein, funny I never thought of it that way before!), With some kind of juice or other flavoring. Maybe her saying it was naughty was because of this almost pure sugar aspect?

@CSHorn Жыл бұрын

I want to marry this absolute angel with her curly golden locks and such😍😍😍

@ElinT13 2 жыл бұрын

"The middling sort" ... what a terribly snobby expression!

@JauntyCrepe 2 жыл бұрын

Is it? I just assumed it's how you say middle class in the UK

@ElinT13 2 жыл бұрын

@@JauntyCrepe Oh, is it? In that case I am sorry for saying it is a snobby expression. I speak amercian english, it's not my mother tongue, and therefore it sounds ... well, strange to me. I will try to think better of it.