Tudor Monastery Farm

2013

Tudor Monastery Farm

8.5 | en | Documentary

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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Seasons & Episodes

EP6 Episode 6

Dec. 18,2013

The team look back at how Henry VIII's Dissolution brought an end to monastic farming.

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The team look back at how Henry VIII's Dissolution brought an end to monastic farming.

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EP5 Episode 5

Dec. 11,2013

The team explores Tudor hospitality, learning how the monasteries courted wealthy donors.

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The team explores Tudor hospitality, learning how the monasteries courted wealthy donors.

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EP4 Episode 4

Dec. 04,2013

The team learn how aspirational tenant farmers would have decorated their farmhouses.

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The team learn how aspirational tenant farmers would have decorated their farmhouses.

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EP3 Episode 3

Nov. 27,2013

This episode focuses on the staple foods of everyday Tudor life - bread and ale.

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This episode focuses on the staple foods of everyday Tudor life - bread and ale.

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EP2 Episode 2

Nov. 20,2013

A look at wool production in 1500, which accounted for around half the country's wealth.

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A look at wool production in 1500, which accounted for around half the country's wealth.

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EP1 Episode 1

Nov. 13,2013

Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold run a farm exactly as it would have been in 1500.

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Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold run a farm exactly as it would have been in 1500.

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8.5 | en | Documentary , Reality

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Ruth Goodman

Director

David Upshal

Producted By

Lion Television ,

Cast

Ruth Goodman

as Self - Presenter

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