Tudor Monastery Farm (2013)
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Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold turn the clock back 500 years to the early Tudor period to become tenant farmers on monastery land.
Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold turn the clock back 500 years to the early Tudor period to become tenant farmers on monastery land.
Nov 13, 2013 - 1h 0m
Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold run a farm exactly as it would have been in 1500.
Nov 20, 2013 - 1h 0m
A look at wool production in 1500, which accounted for around half the country's wealth.
Nov 27, 2013 - 1h 0m
This episode focuses on the staple foods of everyday Tudor life - bread and ale.
Dec 4, 2013 - 1h 0m
The team learn how aspirational tenant farmers would have decorated their farmhouses.
Dec 11, 2013 - 1h 0m
The team explores Tudor hospitality, learning how the monasteries courted wealthy donors.
Dec 18, 2013 - 1h 0m
The team look back at how Henry VIII's Dissolution brought an end to monastic farming.
