

2013
1 Season
6 Episodes
EN
Ended
12+About
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.
#england#tudor#monastery#farming#historical reenactment#15th century#england history
Cast
Seasons
Episodes
Season 1

E1
Episode 1
Nov 13, 20131h 0m10.0
Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold run a farm exactly as it would have been in 1500.

E2
Episode 2
Nov 20, 20131h 0m10.0
A look at wool production in 1500, which accounted for around half the country's wealth.

E3
Episode 3
Nov 27, 20131h 0m10.0
This episode focuses on the staple foods of everyday Tudor life - bread and ale.

E4
Episode 4
Dec 4, 20131h 0m10.0
The team learn how aspirational tenant farmers would have decorated their farmhouses.

E5
Episode 5
Dec 11, 20131h 0m10.0
The team explores Tudor hospitality, learning how the monasteries courted wealthy donors.

E6
Episode 6
Dec 18, 20131h 0m10.0
The team look back at how Henry VIII's Dissolution brought an end to monastic farming.
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