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.

Episodes

Episode 1

S01E01 Episode 1

November 13, 2013 60 min
Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold run a farm exactly as it would have been in 1500.
Episode 2

S01E02 Episode 2

November 20, 2013 60 min
A look at wool production in 1500, which accounted for around half the country's wealth.
Episode 3

S01E03 Episode 3

November 27, 2013 60 min
This episode focuses on the staple foods of everyday Tudor life - bread and ale.
Episode 4

S01E04 Episode 4

December 4, 2013 60 min
The team learn how aspirational tenant farmers would have decorated their farmhouses.
Episode 5

S01E05 Episode 5

December 11, 2013 60 min
The team explores Tudor hospitality, learning how the monasteries courted wealthy donors.
Episode 6

S01E06 Episode 6

December 18, 2013 60 min
The team look back at how Henry VIII's Dissolution brought an end to monastic farming.

Cast

Tom Pinfold
Self - Presenter
Peter Ginn
Self - Presenter
Ruth Goodman
Ruth Goodman
Self - Presenter

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