

Tudor Monastery Farm
Overview
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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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.

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.