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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.
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November 13, 2013 • 60m
Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold run a farm exactly as it would have been in 1500.
November 20, 2013 • 60m
A look at wool production in 1500, which accounted for around half the country's wealth.
November 27, 2013 • 60m
This episode focuses on the staple foods of everyday Tudor life - bread and ale.
December 4, 2013 • 60m
The team learn how aspirational tenant farmers would have decorated their farmhouses.
December 11, 2013 • 60m
The team explores Tudor hospitality, learning how the monasteries courted wealthy donors.
December 18, 2013 • 60m
The team look back at how Henry VIII's Dissolution brought an end to monastic farming.
