Tudor Monastery Farm (2013)
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.
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Episodes
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1. Episode 12013-11-13 · 1h 0mRuth Goodman, Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold run a farm exactly as it would have been in 1500.
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2. Episode 22013-11-20 · 1h 0mA look at wool production in 1500, which accounted for around half the country's wealth.
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3. Episode 32013-11-27 · 1h 0mThis episode focuses on the staple foods of everyday Tudor life - bread and ale.
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4. Episode 42013-12-04 · 1h 0mThe team learn how aspirational tenant farmers would have decorated their farmhouses.
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5. Episode 52013-12-11 · 1h 0mThe team explores Tudor hospitality, learning how the monasteries courted wealthy donors.
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6. Episode 62013-12-18 · 1h 0mThe team look back at how Henry VIII's Dissolution brought an end to monastic farming.
Cast
Tom PinfoldSelf - Presenter
Peter GinnSelf - Presenter
Ruth GoodmanSelf - PresenterImages
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