Tudor Monastery Farm: Life in rural England 500 years ago
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Return to Book Page. But for their fourth series, and our accompanying book, they have joined forces with Tom Pinfold to take on their biggest challenge yet: Peter, Ruth and Tom are trained historians, driven by new research and discovery. They are passionate about bringing period details to life, and they do that for us by comprehensively inhabiting the era for months, using only materials, tools and technology available at the time, to earn their living, celebrate their holidays, clothe and feed themselves and their families. Follow them as they discover how to build a pigsty, brew their own ale, forge their own machinery and keep a Tudor household.
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Scrupulously researched, totally authentic and with its own contemporary narrative playing out within an accurate reconstruction of Tudor England, this is a fantastic glimpse into history, as it was lived. Hardcover , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
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Dec 03, Andrew rated it liked it. This is the latest of a loosely connected series of documentaries showing what life was like on a farm in a particular era.
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The three presenters each live the year out following as closely as possible the life style of that era. Now this makes for rather specific viewing - if you are not interested in history then its not for you and if you are not interested in English history then it definitely is not for you. However for myself who flunked history at school and always felt he was being taught This is the latest of a loosely connected series of documentaries showing what life was like on a farm in a particular era.
However for myself who flunked history at school and always felt he was being taught every single BORING piece of history skipping all the interesting stuff this is a godsend. Now this book accompanies the TV series but its so much more than just a companion book showing images from favourite scenes and lost segments no this also contains journal entries from the various presenters on different aspects they never got on with the geese for example.
So even if you have followed the series there is still more and interesting facts and material to be found in the book - I guess like most shows for every minute you see on screen there are countless other minutes which have been cut even though they will be just as interesting as the rest. I think what also helps is that the three presenters are characters in their own rights and as such have an insightful and entertaining view on their life. For me this makes it all the more real rather than some mechanical step by step guide.
Follow them as they discover how to build a pigsty, brew their own ale, forge their own machinery and keep a Tudor household. It is a great accompaniment to the TV series - and would make an excellent research piece for authors writing in the time period. Think of it as time travel. It's a very accessible look at life in Tudor England at the domestic level and I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to the Bookbag. You get the feeling like you can just step in and tend to your own animals and crops, make your own cheese and bread..
Living in the middle of the UK I have a number of Tudor and other historical locations dotted around me and its books like this that take a name off the map and turn it in to something "living". I guess this is a perfect example of bringing to life your past, and I look forward to the next project they decide to embark upon Dec 18, Freya rated it it was amazing Shelves: View all 5 comments. Aug 16, Meg rated it it was ok. The book wasn't bad, but I'm subtracting stars for two reasons. There wasn't a single mention in the book about where the author got all of this information, so for me, it was dreadful as a resource for my studies.
It had a "dispensed from on high" feel to it, which was very irritating when I wanted to check the information. And secondly, there wasn't a single reference book suggested for further reading on the subject, as if this book was meant to be the last word on the subject. It would have The book wasn't bad, but I'm subtracting stars for two reasons. It would have been nice to have mentioned the likes of Tusser, the Batsford landscape series, or although the BBC might balk at promoting a Channel 4 hero Mick Aston's Monasteries in the landscape.
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Or even some entertaining fiction like Cadfael. So in short, okay for shallow entertainment, but if you want a serious, referenced study, look elsewhere. Jul 10, Camille rated it really liked it Shelves: Such a fascinating and enjoyable read! Nov 02, Antonomasia marked it as started Shelves: After the boringly recent Victorian and Edwardian Farms, I'm utterly delighted to find out that they've since gone further back in time again.
Besides the uninteresting amount of technology, and the resemblance to a dull museum I was dragged to numerous times as a kid, the Victorian one had bits of shakycam so I couldn't even try to watch enjoyably, for feeling sick. It's rare for me to watch films or TV repeatedly, but I love putting on bits of Tales From The Green Valley , especially whilst co After the boringly recent Victorian and Edwardian Farms, I'm utterly delighted to find out that they've since gone further back in time again.
It's rare for me to watch films or TV repeatedly, but I love putting on bits of Tales From The Green Valley , especially whilst cooking, and must have seen the whole thing at least twice a year on average since the DVD was released - it's still the best vicarious historical re-enactment I've found. As per, I prefer the first album, from before most other people had heard of them Very grateful to the person who put one of the Victorian books in my newsfeed this morning - it never even occurred to me that there were books and I hadn't quite twigged how popular these series had become.
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One of the best things is that they feature a group of rather likeable people who are experts and who already know each other, so they can get stuck into the actual work and what it was historically like, rather than making the focus reality TV drama, ignorance, rows and flounces from members of the public who didn't realise what, and who, they were letting themselves in for.
Which spoiled a potentially fascinating Iron Age series in the early s. Frustratingly this is only available as a hardback so far, and the ebook appears to be formatted for large colour tablets rather than bottom of the range Nooks and Kindles. Jan 04, Jules rated it liked it Shelves: A great accompaniment to the series, offering rather more detail than there was time to go into on televison - I really appreciated the chapter on Tudor Ktchen gardens for example, which discussed the plants grown I found t fascinating that although seed-grown annuals were higher yielding, Tudor smallholders preferred to focus on perennals and plants propogated by dvision as these were more relable croppers and so a safer bet for avoidng hunger.
The pigs needed to have a pigsty built - and the sheep required a shearing bench - all of which had to be made out of local materials - whilst the men did this Ruth took to spinning. Home and Garden covers how the domestic side of the farm was run, from the materials used for cleaning urine could be very useful Medicine was limited but there were home remedies which could be found about the farm.
Tudor Monastery Farm: Life in Rural England Years Ago Hardcover – International Edition, November 18, Ruth Goodman and Peter Ginn have become familiar faces on BBC2 after their hugely popular and immersive time-travelling experiments, Victorian, Edwardian, and Wartime. Editorial Reviews. About the Author. RUTH GOODMAN is a specialist in British social history. She appeared as a presenter on all three previous Farm series.
The best part of this section for me was Peter Ginn's piece on beekeeping. Crafts, Skills and Trade covers the cloth industry, which employed more people than any other activity than agriculture. Goodman is very good on spinning, weaving and dyeing wool, but I was particularly interested in the development of building trades and particularly stonemasonry.
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Tom Pinfold had extensive experience of working with wood, but his excitement at being introduced to blacksmithing comes through. Goodman takes us through Tudor Food and Drink and I was struck by the extent to which it mirrored many of the principles by which I eat five hundred years later. It's all seasonal, with advantage being taken to preserve food for leaner times. Surprisingly not all bread was made within the home - to the extent that there were regulations about how bread could be sold including its price.
Bread was sold at a price fixed by law with the size and weight fluctuating according to the availability and price of flour. Ale was not a treat as it might be regarded nowadays but an essential part of the calorie intake. If you're tempted there are some rather good Tudor recipes included in the book. It's a very accessible look at life in Tudor England at the domestic level and I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to the Bookbag.
If I have to quibble about anything I'd like to have known more about the property which was used as the base for the series and the book. For more from an historian turned television presenter we can recommend A Very British Murder: You can read more book reviews or buy Tudor Monastery Farm: Just send us an email and we'll put the best up on the site.
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