In this video I am going to show you how Italian really sounds like. I hope you enjoy.
Palermo - full dialect Catania - mostly accent and a bit of dialect Napoli - full dialect Roma - accent and dialect Firenze - accent Bologna - accent Milano - accent Udine - full dialect (si lo so che voi friulani la considerate una lingua LO SO!)
I will put more info on the accents and dialects and expressions used in the video in this description soon so come back to check!
Samurai (侍?) were the military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan.
In Japanese, they are usually referred to as bushi (武士?, [bu.ɕi]) or buke (武家?).
By the end of the 12th century, samurai became almost entirely synonymous with bushi, and the word was closely associated with the middle and upper echelons of the warrior class. The samurai were usually associated with a clan and their lord, and were trained as officers in military tactics and grand strategy. While the samurai numbered less than 10% of then Japan's population, their teachings can still be found today in both everyday life and in modern Japanese martial arts.
As aristocrats for centuries, samurai developed their own cultures that influenced Japanese culture as a whole. The culture associated with the samurai such as the tea ceremony, monochrome ink painting, rock gardens and poetry were adopted by warrior patrons throughout the centuries 1200–1600. These practices were adapted from the Chinese arts.
In general, samurai, aristocrats, and priests had a very high literacy rate in kanji. Recent studies have shown that literacy in kanji among other groups in society was somewhat higher than previously understood.
Some samurai had buke bunko, or "warrior library", a personal library that held texts on strategy, the science of warfare, and other documents that would have proved useful during the warring era of feudal Japan. One such library held 20,000 volumes. The upper class had Kuge bunko, or "family libraries", that held classics, Buddhist sacred texts, family histories, as well as genealogical records.
A samurai was usually named by combining one kanji from his father or grandfather and one new kanji. Samurai normally used only a small part of their total name.
A ninja (忍者?) or shinobi (忍び?) was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan. The functions of the ninja included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, assassination and guerrilla warfare.
Ninja is an on'yomi (Early Middle Chinese-influenced) reading of the two kanji "忍者". In the native kun'yomi kanji reading, it is pronounced shinobi, a shortened form of the transcription shinobi-no-mono (忍の者).
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We often see characters of films and videogames carry their swords on the back and draw them swiftly when getting ready for combat. Is this entirely fictional? Or is there at least a minimum base of history in this practice?
A sword is a long bladed weapon intended for slashing or thrusting. The precise definition of the term varies with the historical epoch or the geographical region under consideration. A sword consists of a long blade attached to a hilt. The blade can be straight or curved. Thrusting swords have a pointed tip on the blade, and tend to be straighter; slashing swords have sharpened cutting edge on one or both sides of the blade, and are more likely to be curved. Many swords are designed for both thrusting and slashing.
Historically, the sword developed in the Bronze Age, evolving from the dagger; the earliest specimens date to about 1600 BC. The later Iron Age sword remained fairly short and without a crossguard. The spatha, as it developed in the Late Roman army, became the predecessor of the European sword of the Middle Ages, at first adopted as the Migration period sword, and only in the High Middle Ages, developed into the classical arming sword with crossguard. The word sword continues the Old English, sweord.
During the Middle Ages sword technology improved, and the sword became a very advanced weapon. It was frequently used by men in battle, particularly during an attack. The spatha type remained popular throughout the Migration period and well into the Middle Ages. Vendel Age spathas were decorated with Germanic artwork (not unlike the Germanic bracteates fashioned after Roman coins). The Viking Age saw again a more standardized production, but the basic design remained indebted to the spatha.
Around the 10th century, the use of properly quenched hardened and tempered steel started to become much more common than in previous periods. The Frankish 'Ulfberht' blades (the name of the maker inlaid in the blade) were of particularly consistent high quality. Charles the Bald tried to prohibit the export of these swords, as they were used by Vikings in raids against the Franks.
Wootz steel which is also known as Damascus steel was a unique and highly prized steel developed on the Indian subcontinent as early as the 5th century BC. Its properties were unique due to the special smelting and reworking of the steel creating networks of iron carbides described as a globular cementite in a matrix of pearlite. The use of Damascus steel in swords became extremely popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.
It was only from the 11th century that Norman swords began to develop the crossguard (quillons). During the Crusades of the 12th to 13th century, this cruciform type of arming sword remained essentially stable, with variations mainly concerning the shape of the pommel. These swords were designed as cutting weapons, although effective points were becoming common to counter improvements in armour, especially the 14th-century change from mail to plate armour.
It was during the 14th century, with the growing use of more advanced armour, that the hand and a half sword, also known as a "bastard sword", came into being. It had an extended grip that meant it could be used with either one or two hands. Though these swords did not provide a full two-hand grip they allowed their wielders to hold a shield or parrying dagger in their off hand, or to use it as a two-handed sword for a more powerful blow. The names given to many swords in mythology, literature, and history reflected the high prestige of the weapon and the wealth of the owner.
The Oakeshott typology was created by historian and illustrator Ewart Oakeshott as a way to define and catalogue the medieval sword based on physical form. It categorizes the swords of the European Middle Ages (roughly 11th to 15th centuries) into 13 main types labelled X to XXII. Oakeshott introduced it in his treatise The Archaeology of Weapons: Arms and Armour from Prehistory to the Age of Chivalry in 1960.
The system is a continuation of Jan Petersen's typology of the Viking sword, introduced in De Norske Vikingsverd ("The Norwegian Viking Swords", 1919), modified in 1927 by R. E. M. Wheeler into a typology of nine types labelled I to IX.
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A comparison between real historical pauldrons and Fantasy Pauldrons.
A pauldron is a component of plate armor, which evolved from spaulders in the 15th century. Pauldrons tend to be larger than spaulders, covering the armpit, and sometimes parts of the back and chest. On some suits of armour, especially those of Italian design, the pauldrons would usually be asymmetrical, with one pauldron covering less (for mobility) and sporting a cut-away to make room for a lance rest.
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The Medieval Mythbusters reunite to deconstruct and review the medieval fantasy film Excalibur!
These videos are part of an epic six part collaboration between the YouTube channels, Metatron, Medieval Review, Knyght Errant, Antony Cummins, Knight Squire and Shadiversity.
Follow the link here to see part 2 and continue on with the journey :)
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Part 2
Medieval review:
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Part 3
Knyght Errant:
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Antony Cummins:
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Part 5
Knight Squire:
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Part 6
The last video will be up on Shadiversity but here’s the link if you want to watch:
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Music by: Crunk Knight by Kevin MacLeod Available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
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A video full of interesting historical points and fun facts to help us ponder and think about the shape and usage of the most famous kinds of Roman, Medieval and Japanese helmets.
At the end of the video among my own videos' links I also put a link to one of Ian La Spina (Knyght Errant) videos on helmet if you are interested.
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Link to my "Roman Army" video :)
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Sexuality for the Romans can be a topic full of surprises. In this video I shall examine sexuality from a legal, military and moral point of view covering topics such as bisexual intercorse, taboos, child abuse, prostitution oral sex and moral values.
Also a typical
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Often in Films and videogames we see warriors training, practicing and sparring with sharp weapons. Was that actually done? Would it be plausible?
Please keep in mind that when I say "training" in this case I specifically mean combat, sparring with another soldier. Solo training with a real weapon is a MUST eventually when you have a good level of skill.
Physical training concentrates on mechanistic goals: training-programs in this area develop specific skills or muscles, often with a view of peaking at a particular time.
In military use, training means gaining the physical ability to perform and survive in combat, and learning the many skills needed in a time of war. These include how to use a variety of weapons, outdoor survival skills, and how to survive being captured by the enemy, among many others. See military education and training.
Thanks to Sergio from games time for letting me filming in their shop. It's a cool shop, if you are in Palermo go check it out :)
Grazie a Sergio di Games time per averci fatto filmare nel suo negozio.
Games time, via Duca della verdura 8, Palermo.
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