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Tudor Monastery Farm

Historians run a farm in West Sussex exactly as it would have been in 1500. This episode focuses on wool production - known as 'the jewel in the realm' of the English economy.

January 2014

Episode 6

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

Episode 5

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

Episode 4

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

Episode 3

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

Christmas

The team recreate a Tudor christmas, which featured 12 days of celebrations and feasts.

Episode 1

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