What Did Medieval Soldiers Actually Eat During War?

What Did Medieval Soldiers Actually Eat During War? What did medieval soldiers actually eat during war? From the 1415 march to Agincourt, where an army packed eight days of food for a march that took far longer, to the sieges of Rochester and Calais, discover how medieval armies were fed, paid, and starved. Tell me in the comments: what food would you have missed most on a medieval campaign? If you enjoyed this video, please like it and subscribe for more everyday history. Timestamps: 00:00 You Are Doing Arithmetic 01:12 The Myth of the Looting Army 01:54 Feeding an Army From Home 04:07 What Was in the Bag? 05:55 Who Paid for It? 07:52 Did Armies Live Off the Land? 09:27 The Siege That Broke an Army 10:34 Eight Days, Seventeen Days 12:43 When You're the One Under Siege 14:09 How Do We Know This? 15:15 The Whole Picture Sources The National Archives (UK), "A victorious army in the making: Raising King Henry V's army of 1415" (Archives blog) The National Archives (UK), online exhibition "The Battle of Agincourt" Historical Association and Agincourt 600, Key Stage 3 Resource Pack on Agincourt The Gascon Rolls Project, calendar of the Gascon Roll C 61/51 (13 Edward III, 1339-40) W. R. Jones, "Purveyance for War and the Community of the Realm in Late Medieval England," Albion, vol. 7, no. 4 (Winter 1975), pp. 300-316 (Cambridge University Press) De Re Militari (Society for Medieval Military History), "'Mount the War-Horses, Take Your Lance in Your Grip...': Logistics Preparations for the Gascon Campaign of 1294" De Re Militari, review of Mollie M. Madden, "The Black Prince and the Grande Chevauchée of 1355" University of Minnesota, doctoral thesis, "The Black Prince at War: the anatomy of a Chevauchée" (2014) University of Southampton, "The Soldier in Later Medieval England" research project (led by Professor Anne Curry), and the accompanying Oxford University Press book Medieval Soldier project, "Hampshire: A County's Role in the Agincourt Campaign" English Heritage, history of Rochester Castle WorldHistory.org, "Rochester Castle" Dan Jones, "The Siege of Calais," Historia magazine