Could You Have Survived Living As A Medieval Peasant? | Tudor Monastery Farm | Chronicle

Mate, I don’t even know If I’m going to survive the first five minutes after leaving my house in the morning…let alone the Middle Ages

I would love to send my spoilt rude 25 year old niece there for 3mnths to learn how to appreciate todays things

This series taught me how entitled modern generations are. Not just the youngest, but even the older. The Great War and World War II brought many “labor saving devices” and globalization add spices cheap. People complain about not being able to afford the most expensive thing and yet ignore how many very expensive things they consume daily have been made so affordable!

Women I don’t need no man ok either clean the clothes or go to war oh I forgot you don’t need a man go do both..modern women haven’t got a clue

*"Azulejos" the Portuguese blue and white tiles, well before the Dutch (Delft) ones

Exploited?

The reed mats remind me of tatami mats

You are only alive today because your ancestor did.

We finally found something that gives Ruth the heebies!!

When I was a kid, eels brushed my legs in a lake my friends and I were swimming in. I was out of the water in seconds, but the problem was I climbed out on to a rock that had no easy way of getting to shore. It was so freaking scary! Of course my friends thought it was funny 🥴.

Meanwhile 1,000 years later in Africa...

I'M fascinated with everything British, royal...historically, not presently. Peasants are people too, so they're just as fascinating. They have some talent, making books among baskets, and so on.

This was fantastic. How can it get 202 downvotes?

As a boobinder, watching historical reinactments that show, proove, that we still use the same techniques. The same tools. The stitching jig, the plough, the needle and linen thread, the leather, wood, press, finishing press, and all. It just... It touches me, it lets me connect my own craft to the past in a deeply meaningful way. It's the same way I view sewing. Like linking my hands through a tunnel, down, and down time.

Peasants, the common people of agricultural England, had very few personal and community rights.
Legally, by law of the landlords, they were bound, [tied, caught], to the work place where they could grow food for themselves on the owner's fields. After all obligations to cultivate the land set aside strictly for the owner were performed. Nothing from this harvest went to the peasant.
Family life was ruled by the landlord and marriage could be denied for any reason.
Sickness, death of man, overabundance of children, inability to work, would mean eviction.
So called 'nobles', church officials, had no obligations to the property that were slaves and who were used for profit like goats and swine and cattle. These lived together for warmth.
No one knew there was poop, 'cause they all lived in it.
O changed till well after Social Consciousness and agitation for the abolition of slavery.
C. Dickens, Twist, anyone ?

Oh wow, that camera obscura is surreal.

Oh! It's Tudor Farm! I haven't seen this in a while.

Lead was also used to make organ pipes!

Almost can’t watch this terrific show because of the yap yap yap lady who isn’t funny but thinks she’s a hoot. She’s annoying and not much to look at, either.

As glad as I am to live in the 21st century, the simple life presented here does seem nice. I mean, I know that it was a lot harder than portrayed in a lot of ways, but it seems so nice to work with your hands for a living like that.

Survive as a working peasant? YES i can thrive & prosper in any given environment, because I am an American(true-fact)

The amount of advertising is nauseating and really destroys the show 🤮

Great pix! Here’s what has been handed down by my family. My family got here in 1850. Irish descent. I’m 7th gen. Ancestor was the 8th KC Mayor. Downtown KC is at a confluence of 3 rivers. Early 1800s, the area was populated by French fur trappers & Indians. If you can get old KC family on here, we have stories. Father Donnelly was the priest mentioned in one of the comments & was our family friend in the day. Area archeologists have evidence of Stone Age populations. The Indians thought we were ridiculous to cut into the bluffs. (Family stories). The river still freakin floods. Re: the Indigenous history of the area, contact the Heart of America Indian Center. They’ll point you to accurate info. There are just under 100 tribes represented in the area. There are mounds scattered around the area. You can look them up & see them. Some things to Google: “Indian Mounds, Kansas City,” “Father Donnelly,” “Archeology, Indians, Kansas City.” Re: the overhead wires, KC got wired for electrical May 1882. Phones were 1883. Anything before that was telegraph. Early wires were a mess. Re: the bluffs, we went south into the bluffs because the floodplain was to the north & there was a large limestone ledge at the original landing point that was easy to offload goods & supplies for wagons for the trading post at Westport Landing. The main trails were on the south side of the river. Several hundred Irish were hired to cut through the bedrock to get the supplies from the steamboats to the wagon trains. Again, family history. If you can locate some drone footage, you’ll see the topography & bluffs further up & down that side of the river. It’s geography & how the river changed course. Go look up old MO River maps. The Hopewell tribe as here until 300 AD. A geologist will tell you the bluffs are made of sedimentary rock. Google “inland sea” that was here 300 mil years ago. Re: the tunnels, yes, but most are collapsed now. This was a gangster town and yes, plenty of bootlegging tunnels under KC. There is drive-thru footage on YT of the Subtropolis. Well known. Also on Wiki. If there was ever an ancient structure beneath KC, please find evidence of it for us.

Apparently my ancestors did. All those who worked, survived, and had babies during all the millennia would be so amazed to see us and what has been accomplished by civilization. To keep it going we have to replace fossil fuels with nuclear power. Windmills, if they cut the mustard, would have replaced oil by now. Sorry for the advertisement for non-faith-based energy in this fine series.

Do these people actually live like this? Because they are super dedicated. I'm very curious

The going into the lead mine had me absolutely horrified

This generation is in very deep trouble if things go South.We are so soft and unthankful.God Help us.

No. But it's not the muslims, it's Islam.

very well done

I wish there were more episodes. This is such a good series.

I love listening to these as I play Anno 1404

How long? Not very .

wtf? what about chickens and eggs? huh?

That salt worries me greatly being boiled in that kind on pan. I wonder how much leaching ended up in the salt.

This entire comment section feels like I just walked into the special ed classroom

I bet if the orginal people were there watching all of this fumbling about on the farm would rightfully be a lot of chuckling going on. People of thier time will always do tasks in the absolute MOST efficient ways. Great shows by the way....this reenacting is important work you all do!

On another feature, she baked a flour-
based item in an all-together different manner; the same Dutch oven was used, but coals were used differently.

These are excellent videos.

Go and play "Kingdom Come Deliverance"

Where are you? I'm looking for the feminists but cannot find them, but why?

So was it like a blessing to live till 40 with this life style now I see why ppl rarely lived to 50

Where is this filmed?

Absolutely quality programming..! Wonderful work and great editing

5 minutes in and they're mining lead and eating eels. I'm out. I wouldn't make it.

It took me a minute to figure out if these people are actors, real life role players, or if thats just current normal life in rural Britain.

Did they have scissors then? Just wondering how they cut their hair. And how they shaved. Or did they pluck it out?