Tudor Farming & Medieval Subsistence: The Birth Of Commercial Agriculture
Join historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Tom Pinfold and Peter Gin as they step back to 1500s Tudor England to live and work as tenant farmers on a massive monastic estate. As the old medieval ways give way to a new commercial spirit, they must master long-lost farming techniques, from driving cattle-pulled plows and making rush lights to breeding profitable livestock and weaving wool into cloth. Discover how the all-powerful monasteries controlled everything, including the early adoption of revolutionary new technology like the blast furnace and the mechanical clock, all while the farmers’ lives were governed by the church, its rituals, and the belief that faith was the key to a successful harvest.
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