Comments by "DynamicWorlds" (@dynamicworlds1) on "Medieval Soldiers Were IDIOTS! RANT!" video.

  1. As Timur mentioned, we know because we can see it in their bones from evidence of disease to stunted growth. Fact is that, for all the flaws of the modern diet, most of us eat far, far better than people in medieval times. This whole thing where we have generations that don't understand what it means for there to not be enough food to go around and it to be totally out of anyone's control dispite their best efforts is remarkably new. On a good year, sure, great food, but between frequent bad years and a lack of understanding of nutrition, consistently maintaining that good diet long enough to reach the full potential of your adult peak would be difficult. Is it overblown in a lot of depictions? Absolutely, but yes, they were generally sub-optimally fed.
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  2. I think a lot of people severely underestimate how far you can get with just a basic amount of training in a battle and greatly overestimate how much the kind of skill that helps you win 1v1 fights that takes so long to master matters on a battlefield. You can get people to a respectable proficiency level in probably about a week. After some basic strikes and stances and teamwork drills, it's mostly just combat experience, physical condition, and morale that matters. All else being equal, I'd bet on the force that traines for 7 days and experienced several battles to the one that trained for several years and has seen zero battles. Most of the time in unit-scale combat you're doing very basic atracks with your weapon while trying to maintain situational awareness.
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