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Además, el documental se adentra en la forma de vida de los sajones, sus tradiciones y el papel que jugaron en diferentes conflictos. A través de este viaje visual, los espectadores no solo aprenderán sobre la importancia de Sajonia en la historia militar, sino también sobre la evolución de su cultura. Es un recurso educativo valioso tanto para los aficionados a la historia como para aquellos que simplemente buscan entender mejor la influencia de Sajonia en los procesos históricos.
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00:00How did they survive ambushes with tents and besiegements?
00:05How did they survive ambushes with tents and besiegements?
00:10How did they survive ambushes with tents and besiegements?
00:15How did they survive ambushes with tents and besiegements?
00:20How did they survive ambushes with tents and besiegements?
00:25How did they survive ambushes with tents and besiegements?
00:31How did they win unique battles?
00:36Or great battles?
00:41Why did they fight in tournaments?
00:46And what made them a legend?
00:56Our story does not begin in any castle, but in forests and fields, with free peasants.
01:04And we know the name of one of them.
01:08Heinrich Tangel, from Tannroda.
01:12Every summer, when the campaign season began, he waited for his king to call his weapons.
01:28Since he was a subject of King Otto.
01:36Watch out, tree!
01:42The Hungarians are destroying everything!
01:45To the expel in a week!
01:47Where is it?
01:48Near Augsburg!
01:49That is impossible!
01:51They are orders of the king!
01:53Do not stop!
01:57Bring my horse!
01:59Heinrich was neither a professional warrior nor a member of the Saxon nobility.
02:03But at the beginning of the High Middle Ages, free men had to follow their kings to war.
02:13Hey, let's go to war!
02:15And the harvest?
02:16Women and children will do that, hurry up!
02:20Fast!
02:22The Hungarians are fearsome warriors.
02:24Follow me!
02:27Peasant soldiers and horsemen had to provide their armor and weapons.
02:40You are a Tangel, my son.
02:43Honor your name.
02:48Be careful and come back alive.
02:53For the king! For Tangel!
02:56For the king! For the king!
03:03The first knights were only horsemen with helmets and coats of mail, armed with swords and spears.
03:12They were not nobles, but soldiers.
03:16In France they were called chevaliers.
03:18In England, knights.
03:20In Italy, cavalieri.
03:22And in Germany, riders.
03:28In the year 955, the Holy Roman Empire had often been attacked by bands of Hungarian riders.
03:35They were dedicated to looting Germany and even crossed the Rhine.
03:40King Otto summoned his subjects in Lechfel near Augsburg to fight a decisive battle.
03:53The soldiers of Otto's reserve arrived in Lechfel in just three weeks.
03:58Some after riding day and night.
04:01For Otto, everything depended on his iron men.
04:09Soldiers, we will show strength and courage against these infidels.
04:16It is better to die fighting than to live as servants.
04:22And now...
04:31Let our swords speak instead of our mouths!
04:42Heavenly Father, give us victory and life!
04:497,000 armed riders came to the call of their king.
04:54The chosen battlefield, Lechfel, was an open terrain.
05:00In all of Europe, there were no more feared enemies than the Hungarian steppe riders.
05:05Because they did not seek a singular combat, as the warriors of Otto preferred.
05:13They mainly used long-range weapons, so Otto had his riders.
05:24And he hoped that the Hungarians would advance enough for one body to one body.
05:29Be brave! God protects us!
05:32The Hungarians were able to use their bows even to gallop.
05:36A rain of arrows fell on the men of Otto.
05:44An experiment can illustrate the effect that the Hungarian arrows would have had.
05:55Andre Breneke is one of the few specialists in Hungarian bows.
06:02It took several weeks to manufacture this one.
06:12This compound bow is made of three different materials.
06:15The outer layer is made of tendons.
06:18The central structure is made of wood.
06:21And the inside is covered with horn.
06:24The compound structure stores energy that is released with the arrow.
06:30Andre will launch an arrow with this high-tech bow at a meter.
06:39At a standard combat distance, Andre tensioned the rope of his bow and aimed at the meter.
06:48Nine-millimeter steel rings riveted on a padded jug, the gambeson,
06:53against a sharp tip of 11 grams.
07:03A warrior without a meter would not have survived such a shot.
07:07But I am protected with it.
07:10In this case, the tip of the arrow managed to cross the mesh.
07:16We can see that the tip broke at least one of the rings.
07:21And then he drilled the padded gambeson.
07:26As you can see, it went through the fabric and then stuck to the glycerin soap block.
07:33You can see the possible damage or wound here.
07:37With almost six centimeters deep.
07:40That means that without a doubt, it would have reached the soft tissue.
07:46The mesh tip did not serve as protection against a well-directed arrow.
07:50They could only defend themselves with their shields.
07:54And wait for the order to attack.
07:57Soldiers, attack!
08:00Otto knew that if they managed to keep the Hungarians at bay
08:03and use their swords and spears body to body, they would have an advantage.
08:18In hand-to-hand combat like this, ordinary riders became noble knights.
08:31Otto's men won the battle of Lechfel.
08:34No Hungarian left that field alive.
08:37There were no prisoners.
08:42Victory secured the German border once and for all.
08:47In the year 961, Heinrich Tangel received a sword in the name of the king.
08:53Heinrich de Tannroda, the king has made you his vassal.
08:56Kneel!
09:00Be wise and magnanimous.
09:03I will not be defeated.
09:05I will not be defeated.
09:07I will not be defeated.
09:09I will not be defeated.
09:11I will not be defeated.
09:13Be wise and magnanimous.
09:17Be brave with the nobles and charitable with the poor.
09:22Take care of widows and orphans, but above all,
09:26honor God and fulfill each of his commandments.
09:31I swear complete loyalty and obedience to my king.
09:35With the help of God, for Jesus Christ our Lord.
09:39Amen.
09:42The sword symbolized that it was already part of the warrior elite of the Holy Roman Empire.
09:51It would be the last time he would have to tolerate a blow.
09:57Since then, he would have been allowed to unclasp his sword to defend his honor until death.
10:02It was a symbol of power and freedom.
10:06In the 11th century, many soldiers of chivalry, men like Heinrich Dangel,
10:11were elevated to the status of nobles and knights.
10:17The ritual backstabbing when delivering the sword evolved into a more delicate version,
10:22also known as the stranglehold.
10:25Only a king could make such a gesture, and it was a great recognition and honor.
10:3290% of the medieval population were peasants who worked for the nobility.
10:38The knights occupied their lowest step.
10:41Above were the counts, dukes and princes.
10:45And at the top of the social pyramid was the king.
10:48In times of war, the knights fought for him.
10:54One of the most famous examples of this ritual is the one in which
10:59a blacksmith works with the four traditional elements.
11:03Fire, fed by the air, earth that provides the mineral, and water that hardens it.
11:14In the Middle Ages, it was believed that a good sword had magical powers.
11:18Many had a name.
11:20Siegfried's sword was called Balmung, that of King Arthur Excalibur.
11:25Many swords received the name Ulfberht.
11:28It was not a mythical name, but the name of a blacksmith who was of great quality.
11:33There were also imitations of poor quality,
11:36although a sword like this could be lethal to the man who fought with it.
11:44Swords and knights were closely related.
11:49In war, swords were their weapons.
11:52In peace, they were symbols of their status.
12:01Stefan Roth needs two months of hard physical labor
12:04to polish a sword until it shines.
12:07He says that the price did not matter in the Middle Ages.
12:11A sword made by a blacksmith cost a fortune.
12:16Swords have always been a reflection of their time.
12:20They were a technical product, and even high-tech.
12:24It was the best thing that craftsmanship could produce.
12:33And what effects did this high-tech product have?
12:36How did the knights use these weapons and protect themselves against the enemy?
12:42Andreas Kruger has studied medieval weapons in depth
12:46and learned to fight with them like a knight.
12:57The sword was the life insurance of a knight.
13:00It was often the reason they survived a battle.
13:04This sword is an example of that.
13:07It is a one-handed sword.
13:10The blade is relatively wide and the tip is quite short.
13:14It is very sharp.
13:16It was used to fight against opponents who wore light armor.
13:27One thing is obvious.
13:29That sword is as sharp as a Japanese knife.
13:33Would the coat of armor provide any protection?
13:40Yes, in the face of a mandoble.
13:45The sword bounced against the armor.
13:53But what would happen when the tip of the sword was nailed?
13:58Swords are sharp objects suitable for movements such as stabbing and cutting.
14:03In this case, the object could not penetrate the coat of armor.
14:07The coat absorbed all the energy.
14:10And therefore, the result would have been that a penetrating wound would not have occurred.
14:16If the coat of armor had penetrated the armor,
14:19the sword would not have been damaged.
14:22It would have been that a penetrating wound would not have occurred.
14:26However, the glycerin block shows a contusion.
14:31The place of impact can be seen.
14:34Therefore, we can assume that one or two ribs would have broken.
14:38But a deeper injury would not have occurred.
14:43The effect of the coat of armor could be comparable to the bulletproof vests used by the police today.
14:53And this is how the medieval equivalent of a bulletproof vest was made.
14:58Gerald learned how to make a coat of armor by carefully joining up to 50,000 rings to make a single piece.
15:06The process requires 1,500 meters of an expensive steel wire and four weeks of work.
15:12A fortune, even in medieval times.
15:17A complete coat of armor weighs 20 kilos.
15:20Coats like this protected generations of knights.
15:26A coat of armor from the time of the Crusades was used during the 700-year cold war.
15:33Fire!
15:37A rebel from Madrid used it in a charge against British troops in the Battle of Omdurman in 1898.
15:44Unfortunately for him, the British had acquired a Maxim machine gun, the first weapon of this type.
15:55A member of the British army decided to use the valiant warrior as a kind of trophy.
16:03Today, this old coat of armor is kept in the closet of a castle in southern Germany.
16:09It is probably the oldest and best preserved medieval coat of armor that exists.
16:16It was reinforced and enlarged on several occasions.
16:20Some American soldiers were the ones who, in 1945, finally buried the brave warrior.
16:29The king also gave Heinrich Dangel a fief that he had to produce enough to feed him and pay for his weapons,
16:36since he was now a professional warrior.
16:39He also granted him the privilege of building a castle.
16:45The castles followed a very basic structure.
16:48A fortification on a mound, like the Verla Castle in Saxony.
16:53An impalizada surrounded the dependencies of the servitude, the corrals, barns and the house of the lord.
17:02The tower of the homage or tower served as a tower of surveillance and the last bastion of defense.
17:09The castles were built as refuges against wars or conflicts.
17:16The life of a knight was nothing like the life of a soldier.
17:20The life of a knight was not luxurious at the time of Heinrich.
17:25A contemporary of his complained.
17:27The knights hear the sheep.
17:29There are cows, cattle and people with guns wherever you look.
17:32And only worries and hard work, one day after another.
17:43For centuries, this was the daily life of many knights.
17:46They had to collaborate, and often they stained mud to the knees.
17:51The life of a castle revolved around ensuring its self-sufficiency,
17:55and the task of a knight was to manage his lands.
17:58A man like Heinrich Tangel would have remembered with a smile the adventures and challenges of war.
18:05After all, he was a warrior.
18:08And the noble ladies?
18:12They were born to conceive.
18:16The main goal of medieval marriage was reproduction.
18:23Without children, especially without a male heir to keep the dynasty alive,
18:27all effort would be in vain.
18:30And the noble ladies?
18:32They were born to conceive.
18:34Without children, especially without a male heir to keep the dynasty alive,
18:37all effort would be in vain.
18:48People believed that love was not what led to marriage, but rather the opposite.
18:53The families of the knights were mainly interested in increasing their power, wealth, and social position.
18:59A marriage was an alliance between two families.
19:05Neither the bride nor the groom had much to say about it.
19:09Today, some medieval marriages would have been called forced marriages.
19:14A knight was the guardian of his wife and was forced to protect her.
19:21After the wedding night, she received her dowry.
19:24A mansion, cattle, servants, furniture, clothes, jewels, and shoes.
19:30With them, she would have to survive in the event that she got widowed,
19:34and she would have to pay the price for it.
19:38She owed her home and family, and above all, her seamstress.
19:44And while her husband lived, she would remain under his authority.
19:53Heinrich Tangel of Tannroda became part of the elite of the noble families of the Hohenzollern.
19:58He was the son of a noble family, and his mother was a noble lady.
20:03Heinrich Tangel of Tannroda became part of the warrior elite only for his merits.
20:13They did not demand that he be shown to be of noble origin.
20:18In the eyes of the nobility, that made him an adventurer.
20:24He had just come out of the swamp and the swamps.
20:29No one would have guessed that he would be the founder of a noble dynasty
20:33that lasted 30 generations, more than 800 years.
20:38In those days, the von Tangel would be from Rancio to Bolengo.
20:49On the contrary, Reinbold von Rappelstein was born a knight
20:53and had inherited everything necessary to be so.
20:56Title, horse, armor and weapons.
20:59But a knight had to show his worth.
21:07Aha! Who are you? Who are you?
21:11Sir Reinbold.
21:13Sir Reinbold? Sir Reinbold of what?
21:18Of Rappelstein. And you?
21:20I was what you want to be. Where are you going?
21:24I'm looking for an armed knight who can challenge the old man.
21:28His victory would be his glory.
21:30But if I win, he would be a hero with all the honors.
21:34I see.
21:38All right. If you are looking for a life of adversity and full of adventures,
21:43I'll tell you where you can find it. I'll tell you.
21:46Tell me right now.
21:49Or will it be worse for you?
21:50Sir Evald has organized a tournament here and here.
21:58I'll give you a reward.
21:59I'm a poor knight, as you see.
22:01Win a trophy and pay me then.
22:05For my honor.
22:06For your honor.
22:07Reinbold von Rappelstein, because that was his name, was looking for adventures.
22:14In German there is still the ancient form of the word adventure.
22:18And going in search of adventures was what the knights used to do.
22:23They were looking for a feudal lord or a woman.
22:25And it was not easy to get any of the two things.
22:29They had to show their worth.
22:34A knight like Reinbold could show his worth in a tournament.
22:39The first tournaments were not held in places built to such an effect or luxuriously decorated.
22:44Rather, the knights met in a field or in a clearing of the forest.
22:53That one.
22:54Do you see it?
22:55Yes.
22:56It's von Rappelstein.
22:57I'll leave it to you.
22:58It will be a tough rival.
23:00Excellent.
23:03Von Rappelstein will be worth a good rescue.
23:05And when the tournament is over, it will be all mine.
23:08The knights not only fought for honor and fame, but for helmets, swords and to win rescues.
23:23There was not much difference between a tournament and a real battle.
23:30The tournaments were war games with contenders and real weapons.
23:38The fight was only prohibited in the corners of the field, where the wounded could take refuge.
23:44Apart from that, there were few rules.
23:50The wounded were treated by barbers.
23:57An extremity could always be lost.
24:02Those who survived a rough surgery were lucky.
24:08No!
24:11The church was very against what it considered a bad and violent pastime.
24:16And it prohibited it.
24:24But almost no gentleman did it.
24:28And the ladies?
24:31As a poem said, they watched with reddened eyes and hearts exalted by their men.
24:37They had to be prepared to lose them.
24:44Whether in a fair or in battle, the gentlemen were addicted to strong emotions.
24:49And they longed to show their bravery and courage.
25:00Their motto was, try it.
25:03Little did it matter that some left the tournament wounded, crippled or even dead.
25:12So you give up, Hohenstein?
25:16Peace, peace.
25:24Peace was the word that put an end to a fair one.
25:27The rival gentleman had to respect it.
25:33A tournament that often only ended when night fell.
25:40Many extremities could remain in the so-called field of honor and fame.
25:51And also dead, who left behind widows and orphans.
25:55Because no matter how famous a gentleman was, he only had one life.
26:03We have a guest!
26:06Sir Hohenstein, yes!
26:10After a tournament, the winners received prizes and were distributed in the booth.
26:16Tell me, noble lady.
26:19What will you pay for your husband, Sir Hohenstein?
26:22A woman could get her husband back for a price.
26:26Believe me, Reinbold, we'll meet again.
26:29But first, go home.
26:30Ah, I see.
26:33Go then, we will celebrate it!
26:39I will show these ladies how the Rapplesteins dance.
26:43The gentlemen celebrated the victory with the same impetus with which they had fought.
26:48Although it was by taking them out by the strength of their armor.
26:54Get the helmet out, we have to celebrate it.
26:56Get the helmet out, we have to celebrate it.
27:02They shared the booty and the rescues among all.
27:07Take what you want!
27:09The motto of many was, what comes easily, goes easily.
27:14But if a gentleman wanted to be admired, he had to be generous.
27:18That's it!
27:20The gentlemen participated in those tournaments for the booty, for the profits.
27:25But they did not keep what they won.
27:28But they threw it away and that was due to two reasons.
27:32On the one hand, they needed allies and when sharing, they made ties with other gentlemen.
27:39On the other hand, they wanted to distance themselves from the plebeians.
27:43The plebeians sought security and accumulated their possessions, but they were not like that.
27:48Their ideal was that of a free man, who was not only free to kill others in a battle,
27:55but to plunder their profits.
27:58That was true freedom.
28:06The Castles of the Knights offered refuge in peace and protection in war,
28:11both to them and to their vassals.
28:14But above all, the castles were symbols of power and the prestige of the nobility, visible from afar.
28:23In the thirteenth century, in the heyday of the knightly culture,
28:27there were 13,000 castles only in the Holy Roman Empire.
28:33And how were they built?
28:35Often they were raised on top of a hill without using any modern machinery.
28:39We can see how they were made in Guédelon, near Paris.
28:43Guédelon is an experimental archaeological construction site,
28:47a laboratory outdoors, in which medieval construction techniques are being rediscovered,
28:53since we know little about the assassinations of the nobility.
28:57In the thirteenth century, the castles of the Knights of the Knights of Guédelon
29:02were raised outdoors, in which medieval construction techniques are being rediscovered,
29:07since we know little about the practical aspects of the construction of a castle.
29:16Everything is done by hand and learned on the go.
29:20Fifty people have participated in this unique project since its inception in 1997.
29:26Experienced carpenters work with the greatest precision
29:30to ensure that the stone blocks fit perfectly.
29:37There are carpenters, blacksmiths, bricklayers, a dozen different trades.
29:43In the Middle Ages, everyone worked together, without an architect.
29:47The fortifications and the senior residence
29:51do not necessarily require a master of work
29:55who has a culture and a mastery, as happened with the Gothic cathedrals.
30:02They were craftsmen who were limited to obeying
30:07and raising constructions that were a little repetitive
30:12and similar to each other to the style of the time.
30:17The medieval castles were regional buildings.
30:21All the materials came from the surroundings.
30:25Wood, stone and clay for the tiles and bricks,
30:29since transport was expensive.
30:35In the modern world it would be an optimal environmental practice
30:40to build castles in the middle of the mountains.
30:43In the modern world it would be an optimal environmental practice.
30:47And the construction of castles was also a source of sustainable employment,
30:52although some workers were not exactly volunteers.
30:56We can imagine that the lord of the castle would hire small teams
31:02and that 50 people would be enough for the construction work.
31:07Some texts allow us to imagine that a construction could last between 10 and 15 years.
31:14The wheel crane is one of the attractions of Gedelon.
31:18This magna rota was built following medieval plans.
31:22A wheel, an axle and a rope.
31:25The necessary to build the medieval version of a crane.
31:29A man could operate the wheel and lift stones that weighed several tons at any height.
31:33Gedelon illustrates all the aspects of the construction of a medieval castle.
31:38There are still 15 years left for the castle to withstand the siege of a medieval army,
31:44or what is most likely, of tourists.
31:53For many centuries a castle was the ideal refuge against an attack or siege.
31:58Only a handful of knights and armed men were needed to defend a well-fortified castle.
32:12Castles used to have only one entrance.
32:16That was the weak point against any attack.
32:20A raised bridge over a moat helped to keep out unwanted visitors.
32:25The door used to have near an almond tower to give the alarm.
32:30And although the attackers managed to cross it, they would encounter more obstacles.
32:50From the moat a rain of stones would fall on them.
32:56Then they would have to make their way through the courtyard.
33:03Towers and high walls protected the home of the knights and the work areas.
33:08That was where the biggest loot was.
33:11But an attacker would not only face armed knights,
33:14but also blacksmiths and peasants with hammers, axes and forks.
33:20The last bastion of the castle was the Tower of the Homage or Torreón.
33:28If necessary, the defenders of the castle destroyed the wooden stairs that went up to the tower
33:34and used another moat to defend the entrance.
33:37But if the attackers managed to knock down the door, everything was lost.
33:41They could only flee upwards.
33:44And to finish off the defenders, the attackers could resort to fire.
33:53But the knights were worth more alive than dead.
33:57This way they could get a rescue and few attackers would want to own a ruin.
34:02The alternative was to climb up fighting for the stairs.
34:08Although few attackers got that far.
34:14Before the siege machines were invented,
34:18castles like this were practically unbeatable.
34:21After all, dissuasion is the best defense.
34:25So the castles remained symbols of power for centuries.
34:32Historians estimate that a castle would suffer a siege only once every three generations,
34:38which meant that peace would reign in them for 75 years.
34:43There is a multitude of myths about castles.
34:52Well, I will draw the disposition.
34:55But researchers like Joachim Soina do not hesitate to reject them.
34:59People believe that castles were built for war
35:03and that their lords were despots who forced the peasants to build them.
35:08Most of the stories we hear about castles are quite bloody.
35:13But the nobles played an important role in the administration of justice
35:18and in the prosperity and security of the region.
35:22That is, they also acted as judges.
35:25And that is why for the medieval people, a castle represented a land at peace.
35:30The regions that had many castles were especially peaceful and did not suffer wars.
35:35Therefore, associating castles with war is a mistake.
35:40Castles were a symbol of peace and civil administration.
35:44That was their main function.
35:48But during the emergencies, the symbol of peace was also a last refuge for the desperate.
35:54An obligation of Reinbold von Rapplestein was the protection of his vassals
35:59and to be prepared for any contingency.
36:07The castle may not be an easy prey for looters,
36:11but the surrounding villages were.
36:28The mercenaries without land were known as looters or raptors in Latin.
36:45In case of attack, the villagers took refuge in the Lord's Castle.
36:53The duty of the nobles like Reinbold was to welcome his people.
36:59That was part of the division of labor between social classes.
37:04The peasants fed him and he had to protect them for his own interest.
37:19My own brothers!
37:22You loot and rob the peasants! You have no right!
37:25A thief! That's what you are!
37:28You left us with nothing!
37:31You have the inheritance!
37:34And we are eating land!
37:37Reinbold, how can I find a noble lady if I have nothing?
37:41No castle, no gold! I'm not a monk, I'm a gentleman!
37:45Do not disturb the peace of God and disobey the laws of chivalry!
37:49I will punish you myself, you will pay dearly!
37:51Get out of here, to hell with you!
37:54We will fight to death, you hear me? To death!
37:59Yes, we will fight to death!
38:02So be it! You wanted it!
38:05I'll finish you!
38:11The nobles used to fight each other.
38:14Fights and border disputes were on the agenda.
38:21Not even churches and monasteries were saved,
38:25who also suffered the attacks of the looting knights.
38:31That is why the Church decreed the peace and truce of God,
38:35which prohibited fights and looting at least from Thursday to Sunday.
38:40But how did they manage to apply it?
38:46Threatening the knights with the eternal storms of hell.
38:49If they were fearful of God, they would fulfill their truce.
38:57Some consider all these feudal contests
39:01as if they were private wars of the nobility.
39:05A kind of total anarchy that did not agree with a Christian lifestyle,
39:10and even that was against it.
39:13But in reality, they must be interpreted as a means to resolve conflicts that were legitimate.
39:17As long as they complied with the established rules.
39:21And those rules turned the fights into a legitimate means
39:25to resolve disputes over laws or properties,
39:28or clashes for personal honor.
39:33When the truce of God was over,
39:36the knights could resume their private wars
39:39with the tacit approval of the Church.
39:48The Law of the Strongest
39:55The Law of the Strongest was the only one the knights understood.
40:12In fact, their code of honor forced them
40:14to resolve any conflict in singular combat, life or death.
40:28You killed one of my vassals, so watch out!
40:38Mercy!
40:40In the name of God, the Merciful, I set you free!
40:45Go away!
40:51I don't want to see you again!
40:58There was still a long way to go for the ideal of the Christian knight to emerge.
41:14To be continued...