Ruth, Tom and Peter do more for history education than a 100 hours in a classroom could ever achieve. A wonderful series which, as a history buff, I'd put in every school curriculum . Thank you for posting the series !
It is ALMOST.... like a big secret... to making learning "fun", by making the knowledge interactive and physical... but lets ignore that and just sit all day and listen to some extremely bored and broken down "teacher" tells you something theyve said already 300x before...
I'm happy this series was made because few people realize the significance of Henry VIII's 'reforms.' By dismantling the monasteries, he didn't just wage war on religion - he tore the very fabric of English society.
Nick V - Henry VIII was a narcissistic egomaniac: everything was always about him. Reminds me of a certain flaxen-haired ‘planetarch’ - except that Old Harry could ride, joust, dance, and communicate well in Greek, Latin, French, and Italian, in addition to his native English...
Imagining a background conversation between Ruth and Professor Ronald Hutton as being one of the loudest and most animated, and enthusiastic conversations to ever take place on the planet.
Always gets me how Peter loves the animals. I straight up cried at the victorian farm moment when he had to send the pig to slaughter. It's the cycle and necessary in the context of the farm life but man... We do love our animals and I love seeing that in him.
same. I'm just here in the comments section hoping that once I finish reading the comments a new episode will have just appeared in my list. I can't believe I have finished watching all the episodes of Victorian Farm, Edwardian Farm, Secrets of the Castle, and Tudor Monastery in less than 48 hours. I've been hooked on these series ever since I have - ACCIDENTALLY, mind you - stumbled upon them 2 days ago out of boredom. Been taking these worse than a cocaine addict that needs his dose badly
Tales from Green Valley, Victorian Farm, Victorian Pharmacy ( Ruth teams up with a couple of other presenters), Edwardian farm and wartime Farm. Are all from the same group at the BBC. And full steam ahead is the final one which focuses on the railroads in the UK. BBC archives has all of the old websites associated with the shows
@@TwitchXk90 I find the Edwardian Farm series very rewatchable. There's a whole separate Channel wartime kitchen and Garden or something like that it's set in the British Countryside during World War II. But by a different presenter.
I think boiling the salt out of brine in lead pans goes a long way to explaining why they didn’t live long. I could listen to Ruth teach all day. She’s one of those amazing people whose enthusiasm for the subject make learning enjoyable.
Adding ox blood or protiens in the batch subtracts a good amount of lead from the salt. Also let's not forget about diseases,starvation and cold making them not live long , just to name a few.
35 years is a misnomer. The high infant mortality rate heavily drops the number. If they survived to school age the number was more like 60. Still young compared to today but not nearly so bad.
When i imagine five hundred year old trees, i think of giant oaks, not those small plum trees. It's amazing to think about the person who planted them and picked the fruit so long ago!
@@denisl2760 eh, it's likely that they're pretty ancient. A well tended, pruned, and fertilized fruit bearing tree shouldn't ever get taller than one and a half the times the height of the tallest man. Heavy bearing trees LOOK tiny, because it takes a lot of energy to produce fruit. Some things you learn when you spent life taking care of them on the family orchard.
Well the actual trees today aren't five hundred years old: most fruit trees only live 50-100 years. But before a fruit tree dies, it will go through a period of asexual reproduction and create a bunch of new saplings from it's roots. The strongest of those will survive, so in a sense the trees do live quite a long time. If you see a tree that is crooked down at the base just above the roots, that is a sapling which grew on much older roots.
These living history series are the best thing on TH-cam. I need this on DVD. Great history that should be shown mandatory on all schools. A masterpiece, you could not have found better people to do the work!👍
I love it, they also bring such and infectious joy and fun to it as well that really shows you that they are loving every minute of what they do which just draws you in further. Indeed likely the best people for the job.
If I had this back in school in the 90s, I would have aced a class dedicated to this. Its so interesting and the people are awesome. I love how Ruth is I for anything!💚✌🥰
Absolutely agree. The French castle building series is my personal favorite. I would've loved to have watched something like this back in grade school to learn about history instead of watching old Rick Steves VHS videos from the 80's
@Tam Possible So everyone will learn a little history. And how things have evolved over time. These children that are on the streets rioting ,stealing and destroying have know idea what work is and what they are destroying. Just my opinion if you are upset by it that is ok. I came from a family that worked for everything we have or dont have. And to me this is a huge part of history that all should understand and know how lucky we are.
@@backachershomestead I agree with you. I had the opportunity to grow up (until adolescence at least!) on a very small, family farm. We raised or grew most of what we ate, made use of resources around us, hand-reared animals (cows, pigs, chickens, ducks, geese, domesticated rabbits) cured/smoked pork, beef, sausage, ham; very much like was shown in this series. When you live by the rythmns of nature and the seasons, it gives you a far different perspective on life, priorities, etc. Yes, I believe these shows are invaluable to our young people.
33:33 though it may be due to sickness, I think one should keep in mind that death rates in infants and younger children were incredibly high, which in turn brings down the age of average life expectancy...so many people misinterpret that and think it was normal to die at 35. That was not the case (as long as you made it through childhood :D)
yup you saw the missing stat ... breaking it down into age ranges would show where spikes were and then better relate what is actually going on ... this is how stats lie ... reporting that the avg age was 35 .. although technically correct it is wrong ... because the rate is different if you limit the range to 6 years old and later ... then you get stuff like 40 and 50 and possibly even later ... while under 6 you get a spike for newborns meaning making it past early childhood you have a great chance ... to fail . never assume the stat is saying the truth ... check to see what they are trying to measure and see if it is the most complete answer or if it has variations with in it ... like the example used from the series
Some people lived to be very old. Cuthburt Tunstall, Bishop of Wells, was 85 when he died, which wasn't until the first year of Elizabeth's reign. He would have experienced all the religious turmoil of the three previous reigns.
@@0623kaboom "I can prove anything by statistics except the truth" as George Canning said. It wasn't all that uncommon to live into your 70's and even 80's in those days. Of course your body would have been completely worn out by a life of hard labour at that age, so your body would have been in extreme pain pretty much constantly. So it wouldn't have been a pleasant retirement in those days.
@Oona Craig Actually no, Suger was not very common and therefore did not rot their teeth. The issue is rather new for people in Europe and North America.
Those tiles on the floor of the church are so beautiful! I hope they were allowed to leave the new ones they reproduced, set in the floor, and didn't have to rip them out after filming was over!
I've found this group, with one guy switched out for another guy, on other channels. I discovered their Christmas videos first! Ruth is such a gem 😊 A breath of fresh air
It's originally made by BBC and their archives have all of the websites previously associated with the show. It's starts with Tales from Green Valley (which had a bunch of other people in it) and goes through wartime Farm Tom is not really a main guy in this group. It's normally Alex langland. But he had a really bad back injury just before filming started on the first one which is why they added Peter at all. As the series got bigger there were some shows Alex physically couldn't do that's why they have Tom for some series and not others.
I wish they’d done an episode finishing up the circle and getting back to planting time. Like, I obviously don’t want them to risk getting sick or anything, but they could do an episode covering the sorts of things people did in the winter.
The early-mid 17th c one, ‘Tales of the Green Valley’ does show their winter chores/ life- even in the cold, they had to see every day to the feeding & care of any animals that hadn’t gone for autumn slaughtering- it’s been more than a hot minute since I watched it, but I quite liked it...
This is the 3rd time I’ve watched this series, along with The Tales from the Green Valley, and The Victorian Farm since I first learns about them in 2009. Never get tired of them. Best shows EVER!!
I've already watched this once before, I've watched most of them, but this alchemist dude is my favorite person in all of this. He really gives off those vibes, like he's plucked straight out of a fantasy novel.
Of course you might have seen them, but there are, apart from this, these series with him in that I know of Victorian Farm Edwardian Farm Wartime Farm Secrets of the Castle Full Steam Ahead
It’s so interesting to learn all of the different parts of the Monasteries and the Catholic Church that Henry8 grew to resent- and in a way Anne Boleyn was two birds one stone for him. He wanted to divorce Catherine of Aragon cause he wanted a son, and he wanted to take the wealth and influence for himself. If it wasn’t Anne- it would have been someone else. And in fact Anne wanted to use the Monasteries that were being dissolved as schools and welfare for the people of England- but Cromwell and Henry wanted all the wealth for themselves. Anne was a reformist yes, but her intentions were better intentioned than Henry she wanted to remove corrupt Catholic Influence- where as Henry wanted to become that corrupted influence and use it for his own gain. He truly was a selfish Cad who was a predator to younger women.
Thank you Ruth. You are amazing and so is everyone else. Since you touched on harvesting I want to tell you a story, told to me by my next door neighbor here in Umbria Italy. Unfortunately she died a few years ago still unable to read or write but I will always hold her in my heart and thoughts as one of the most intelligent women I have ever known. She told me that she grew up around our small town but out in the country and when she was 4 or 5ish she was sent on the road off where workers were harvesting the wheat. Because as law was any wheat or chaff that blew onto the public road was ‘free’. She walked those roads all day following where they were harvesting to pick up anything that blew in the roadway. She did this from dawn to dusk barefoot and on her own, she told me this story as a proud ole grandma. She helped her family live. She was 96 when she died and I still miss here knowledge, her intelligence and the love she held for all, well except for fools. 💜 thank you Nonna Gina, gone but never forgotten.
This series has been an absolute joy to watch, Ruth and the boys enthusiasm made me sit still in my couch through all of the episodes. This should be part of the history curriculum in schools, where history has been made relegated to a filler subject and intentionally made so unappealing that kids nowadays don't even care to remember the names of the Founding Fathers, Napoleon or can't even understand how 'Hitler' and 'Holocaust' make sense in the same sentence. I just have one question, or two, or three: where is the town they filmed this documentary? what are the requisites to participate in the reenactment? is open to the general public?
33:22 Home Remedies section begins (incase herb in honey mix in hot water when needed) 36:30 Tile Laying 39:42 Expert on The Dissolution of the Monasteries 41:19 Mystory Plays 42:33 Ruth makes a popular drink/ fruit preservation? 44:12 Play cont. Pyrotechnics!! 47:34 Ruth drink cont. MEAD RECIPE (Melena?) 49:20 Play showtime 58:10 Credits
Melomel. Which as stated is mead made with fruit. Mead made with spices are Metheglins. Though there is some overlap between the categories. I've brewed all three. Personal fave was probably the batch I made with strawberries and cherries.
Ruth Goodman MADE me a history buff. I love her candor is dealing with even the most sensitive of issues, and bringing to light the modern science behind these ancient practices. I am so thankful for this wonderful team and production staff!
@@deanne1671 .... You are on a video of stolen property from the BBC, made to look like it's this channels intellectual property. How exactly does TV suck again? Yes, they can't steal others work, but they're the ones who's produced a lot of what you see on YT.
With all the things Ruth handles, salt, urine, more salt, mud, pulling leeks from the earth, scrubbing, chopping, bundling and catching eels, what would she be using for her hands to not dry, crack or bleed? Ruth, you really make it fun to learn about any historical era you portray! Thank you all
I love this series. I learn more and more than I did in my history classes. Ruth, Tom and Peter give such a wonderful education in Tudor times. Thank you for posting.
That's the chorus of the song. The first verse goes: Sowing in the morning, Sowing seeds of kindness, Sowing in the noontide, And the dewy eves. Sowing for the harvest, And the time of reaping. We shall come rejoicing, Bringing in the sheaves!
Verse 1) Sowing in the morning, sowing seeds of kindness, Sowing in the noontide and the dewy eve; Waiting for the harvest, and the time of reaping, We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves. Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves, We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves; Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves, We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves. Verse 2) Sowing in the sunshine, sowing in the shadows, Fearing neither clouds nor winter's chilling breeze; By and by the harvest, and the labor ended, We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves. Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves, We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves; Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves, We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves. Verse 3) Going forth with weeping, sowing for the Master, Tho' the loss sustained our spirit often grieves; When our weeping's over, He will bid us welcome, We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves. Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves, We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves; Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves, We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.
This entire hymn is a Christian metaphor. Sowing seeds = spreading the gospel, telling people the good news of Jesus, who came to die for our sins in our place so we could be free from sin and death/punishment. Sowing under any conditions - good times, bad times, rain or shine, with weeping or rejoicing = we will do what we're called to do, spread the gospel, no matter what: in times of scarcity or prosperity, in safe or dangerous places, in persecution or protection; our reward is in heaven, Jesus Himself, so what can mankind do to me? Take my belongings, my family, my life? They all belong to Him anyway, and to leave the body is to be present with Christ, so no matter what, in life or in death, I win! 😄 In Christ we have victory! Bringing in a harvest = the people who receive the gospel and allow it to grow in their hearts become like fully ripened fruits or grains that not only share the gospel with others, spreading more seeds, but they, with us, are brought into heaven by Jesus as His righteous harvest! People may have sung this during the harvest, but it's meaning is far greater and deeper than you may realize! 😊❤🙌🏻
This has been my favorite of all the period historical-living series you've done, thus far. I cried at the end of this episode. So many similarities to my own early life; courtesy of my adoptive, Eastern European parents; that I got to live very much like this as a small child up until my adolescence. (I was born, raised and still live in Wisconsin, USA)
I love these series so much. I feel genuine love for it. I mean all the "farm" series where I've seen Ruth, Peter and Tom live as people did hundreds of years ago as commoners. I come to them every year or so just to remember, re-learn, and get excited with every discovery once again. And then, when I think about the present day, I find myself yearning for the sense of community that has been lost, and that was so paramount yet taken for granted in the past. God bless Ruth, Peter and Tom, and all the people involved.
My favorite moment in each of these is the fleeting scene of Ruth gleefully pounding the post in the opening credits... She just looks so happy! It's adorable!
My favorite part of a game called: Kingdom Come: Deliverance was the quest where you live and work in a monastery. From the art to the architecture and the detail put into the game I can see that much of that was grounded in reality, and historical fact. While the setting in KC:D is in Bohemia I can imagine many of the same things would have went on, in similar fasion. I loved this episode in particular.
This makes me want to build something using only Tudor Era tools and techniques. Like a shed or something in my backyard. I love this tho it really shows how we got to where we are today.
Imagine if some wealthy guy create a workshop like this for tourist. So we could pay to have a week of workshop, including the acommodation (in an INN that is build in this ancient architecture) . We will dress that way, be a worker/peasant, every morning we will start working by 8 to 4 under a mentor, get our hands on things like milking, creating medicine from herbs, baking bread, doing laundry, creating paper and book, making ale, harvesting, creating matt from grass, fishing, creating cheese and butter, creating skin care, preserving meat , grinding flour at windmill, all below a guidance of a mentor, and for dinner we would cook for ourselves (tourists) and of course everything is medieval cuisine, cooked by Tudor's ancient tools. And on the last night, we would all have feast with the play, dance and medieval music, drinking mead until midnight 😍
This channel is absolutely awesome! Please come out with more experimental archaeology/historical documentaries. They really help me get a better understanding of the past.
I hooked on this series and don't want it to stop, it is so interesting. I have great admiration for Ruth who tackles everything and masters every task.
Please note, when they talk about life expectancy, the low number is because of the high infant and child mortality rate. If you managed to live through your childhood. Baring war, famine and deadly disease. you could live into your 60's till age related illnesses kicked in and killed you off.
Loraine Drosophila Of course you are right, but I think what Ligerstripe was trying to say (and quite correctly so) is that it is wrong to assume that people died of old age in their forties or even thirties.
Life expectancy at this time period just like every time period is an average. I do wish more stress was put on the average word in that sentence when we talk/teach about life expectancy and history.
I went to a museum where they had in a thematically sealed chamber a white dress dyed in lead white. It was vibrant but there was a reason why the case was sealed. Lead is Toxic but they didn't know that back then. It doesn't taste poisonous, it's actually sweet in flavor which confuses children into thinking that it's sugar.
My daughter probably wouldn't have failed history twice if she had been able to learn by seeing these types of programs. I would love to do this type of hands on learning experience myself.
I finished all six videos in less than 24 hours. I am glad to see there exists Victorian and Edwardian editions of this great series. I would LOVE to partake in these reenactment documentaries. I cannot imagine the skills and knowledge I could pick up from being apart of their little society. Much love!!!!
it's all fun and wholesome watching the gang work hard and get a good harvest and you say "what a lovely, simple life!" and then professor hutton comes along and reminds you "oh btw your insides would hemorrhage and kill you if you had a bad harvest." i love every time he's on screen haha
I would love to see you guys do something from even further back in history like the Roman conquest of Britain where there was a clash of religions between the pagans and Romans
Gorse was taken to New Zealand as a hedging plant by the English settlers in the mid 1800,s Unfortunately without the harsh winters it became a pest plant. I remember those nasty prickles growing up.
Although I studied lots of history at school, the full explanation of the implications of the actions of the king's for example, would've made it so much more interesting.
The Mystery Play....15th Century Community Theater... I enjoy all of these in the "farm" series.. It is amazing to me that no matter what the skill or era, there is someone in Britain who is an expert and is able to deliver their knowledge in period clothing...The 3 principals are knowlegable and engaging no matter where in time they happen to be...thank you for posting...
Old England, my lion heart, I'm in yr garden fading fast in yr arms, The soldiers soften, the war is over, The air aid shelters are blooming clover, Our thumping hearts call the ravens in, Keep the tower from tumbling... Old England my lionheart, Peter pan calls the kids to Kensington Park, You read me Shakespeare on the rolling Thames, That old river poet that never ever ends....... From Kate Bush's album LIONHEART. Her love of England is put so beautifully to music. Love from a New Zealand kiwi who has England in her blood.🇳🇿♥️🇬🇧
I am aware. I love almost anything BBC has...I love ALL of BBC "living in the past" type shows. (Especially ANYTHING with Ruth Goodman.) And of course stuff like Doctor Who, Sherlock, Father Brown, etc. When I say "Please Make More" I am simply hoping they make more, not asking this channel to make more.
I am OBSESSED with this channel! I'm curious about the daily life of colonial farmers. The people who lived in the woods outside the safety of a boundary.
You know, when Henry broke up the monasteries, he did so because he resented their power and he wanted their money, well wealth. I wonder if, for one minute he considered the people, the ordinary every day people who had depended on them for their livelihoods, homes, healing, livestock ect ect. I am extremely anti catholic, but even I can see how devastating it would have been.
I'd be surprised if he thought of 'the people' for even a second. It was not until the 20th century really, that landowning classes saw 'the people' as even being their fellow citizens, and even then, they did so with great reluctance. This entrenched and ancient attitude explains why the propertied (ie ruling) classes hold a deep antipathy to laws that better the lot of the bulk of the population right up to the present day. In the end, we the people will always remain villeins.
actually he wanted a divorce and they wouldnt give it to him so he got rid of them and made his own rules after that ... of course he didnt care ... to him they were just resources nothing more ... and to the rich in modern day it is still the same ... to be a truly free system then have one person to guide it sure but to everyones best benefit ... then you raise a community that will do anything to protect what they have no matter what it is willingly ... where as ruling over them they do it out of fear and are less likely to be any good
jennifer McDonald I’m ashamed to say that it’s never occurred to me. I thought I was well read on that era, and I can tell you what the religious aspects were, as well as the attitudes of these people to the previously perfect king. But I’ve never thought of the practical effects.
I do!!! Seriously, I've always wanted to live like this. Get back to root values of God, family, and living off what He has provided, raising livestock and growing vegetation. They say it takes a village to raise a child for a reason. Living with a huge focus on community, too. I believe we are meant as humans to live together in groups, but modern technology and life has allowed us to not depend on each other, and this is why depression is so rampant and 3 in 5 Americans are lonely. Loneliness and social isolation can be as damaging to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. I think it would be hard, but this world is too fast for me and things are getting weird.. also, not to get all "woo-woo" but with COVID-19 and everything else, living off the grid in a small community sounds like a great plan, if things pop off worse we will be OK. My name is Erika BTW. I live in Oregon currently.
A lot of people think like you do; that's why well-ran communes like Virginia's Twin Oaks exist. I spent time there when I was a kid; great place with great people!
@@foxyshazaam3310 facts! I just happened back here and saw your reply. Things were definitely getting weird 5 months ago! And getting weirder.. corporate fascism is the term I believe will be used to describe what were descending into. They have more money than governments and use that money to control how we are governed. They own our officials and law makers. This isn't new, it's been growing since the industrial revolution (read of mice and men? That on a grander scale) It looks like the best course of action to avoid being caught in the coming great depression is to start over where the gdp isn't the highest in the world, which is what drives them. The best chance for that is in South America. Chile in particular. They have a higher freedom rating and still have huge areas with no government interference.. it's not jungle Amazon like most in the states imagine for SA. Chile has similar weather and geography as we do.. (once you're south of the equator it gets cooler as you go south towards antarctica) but not nearly as developed, it's still in it's beautiful natural state! Rivers clean enough to drink from.. land is super cheap. When we buy our property there, you're more than welcome to come and build, along with whoever you want to bring that has a live and let live attitude. The current religion seems to be politics, but the truth is they're all scum. They serve the corporations, not us. And anyone who steps back from all the drama theatre to see the whole picture, will realize the goal is to enable the cheapest labor and highest prices for corporations. That's why they all operate where slave labor is permitted to manufacture, then ship to the richest nations in the world to get the highest prices. All this division they sow is to distract and weaken us. So I take no side in that arena. I'm for people. Not elitist politicians and the corporate entity. I think people should be able to believe and live as they please as long as they aren't causing harm. I think society as twisted due to years of going against nature instead of working with it. I'm April in Colorado btw. Nice to meet you Erika! Feel free to dm me if you want to talk about this. So far im still in the stage of researching different areas near a water source that would make good farm land and paying off the last couple g of debt.. there's still time to help choose a location! The west coast of south america is so gorgeous, mexico had some tempting places as well. The main thing is to be away from major cities and all the social problems that go with it. Just like here in the states, only it's becoming impossible to here because of rising population and urban sprawl.
@@rof8412 oh my god, thanks for the spelling! it looks like prunus spinosa, which grown in my garden but i never knew what kind of three it is and thought it might be bullace
The best documentary series I've ever seen. I've watched all of the medieval series and learnt so much about the past and how it impacted on our current day lives. Well done to all involved. 😁👍🏻🇦🇺 P.s. I didn't want the series to end either.
Sometimes I wonder if the "empty shell" monasteries & castles will ever be restored? Not for any purpose than their own sake & the preservation of old/ancient methods? Good gosh Ruth & the boys have put together a great series! I wish the BBC would make more of them!!
I to have enjoyed binge watching and agree I am glad i found these to watch, I have learned so much and can understand our history better. What these people did in their daily lives how hard it must have been, also it is amazing how they made things like a floor, book , food etc. This is the best thing I have watched in a long time and believe I might watch again. I do enjoy the knowledge Ruth, Peter and Tom bring as well as those they meet along the way. Look forward to more. Thank you well done.
I remember watching this series with my parents when i was a teenager. Ruth is the happy one, Peter is the dad everyone secretly wants, and Tom is the one who brings everyone together
I'm really tired of people making excuses for Henry VIII, It wasn't Anne Boleyn, it wasn't his jousting accident, it wasn't his lack of a son, it wasn't his leg, it was all because he was a giant, immature, spoiled, asshole! He didn't resented the power or wealth of the monasteries, it was the fact that they wouldn't give him what he wanted when he wanted it. Had the pope given him his divorce he wouldn't have had a problem with them. In every case where someone, or an organization, didn't give Henry VIII exactly what he wanted, when he wanted, they got destroyed.
I just live these historical reality series. They seem to really enjoy what they are doing. It helps us appreciate how much better we have it now - or is it🤔?
@@blabla-rg7ky I found a dailymail article stating that they did in previous shows but not in this. It's however not stated if they were on the farm every day, or just corresponding to the museum's opening times.
@@bumboclat I see... Well, still enjoyable documentaries nonetheless. And I'm sure they would have managed to live for one full year without problems as they soooo seem to be into it :)
haha thats what i was thinking, could help explain why the first batch was even more prized, theres a lot less lead salt in the part that rises to the top lol
@@Dinkum_Aussie the mineral layer surrounding the pipes protect the lead from further decay into the water supply yeah, the danger comes from if that layer is disrupted either through physical or chemical means
Ruth being excited for literally everything is just so wholesome
She's not excited about Eels 😊
Ruth, Tom and Peter do more for history education than a 100 hours in a classroom could ever achieve. A wonderful series which, as a history buff, I'd put in every school curriculum . Thank you for posting the series !
9:19 😳
Here here!
@@suz632 I don't like girls like that 😜
Absolutely! 😊
It is ALMOST.... like a big secret... to making learning "fun", by making the knowledge interactive and physical... but lets ignore that and just sit all day and listen to some extremely bored and broken down "teacher" tells you something theyve said already 300x before...
I'm happy this series was made because few people realize the significance of Henry VIII's 'reforms.' By dismantling the monasteries, he didn't just wage war on religion - he tore the very fabric of English society.
And things were going so well, at last. Fuck Henry VIII
Nick V - Henry VIII was a narcissistic egomaniac: everything was always about him. Reminds me of a certain flaxen-haired ‘planetarch’ - except that Old Harry could ride, joust, dance, and communicate well in Greek, Latin, French, and Italian, in addition to his native English...
Dissolution of the abbeys was disgustingly self-serving.
oiralire - Everything tyrants do is disgustingly self-serving; that’s why they’re tyrants.
It was an absolute travesty that King Henry VIII abolished the monasteries and all because of Ann Boleyn.
the old alchemist bloke is a national treasure. just look at him in his mad scientist glasses
He’s downright sexy. 😹😹😹😹
@@patriciabarkley735 I’m just gonna forget that this comment exists.
@@zachrobinson8357 , You probably should. You notice the laughing cats, right??
@@patriciabarkley735 That's Peter, the handsome one :)
I know they all dress in period correct clothing for the show but I wouldn't be surprised if that's just what he wears all the time!
Imagining a background conversation between Ruth and Professor Ronald Hutton as being one of the loudest and most animated, and enthusiastic conversations to ever take place on the planet.
Always gets me how Peter loves the animals. I straight up cried at the victorian farm moment when he had to send the pig to slaughter. It's the cycle and necessary in the context of the farm life but man... We do love our animals and I love seeing that in him.
It was very sweet. We grew up with supermarkets or even butcher shops. I love meat but it would be hard for me to raise an animal to eat 😢
But.....I don't want it to be over. These shows are great.
same. I'm just here in the comments section hoping that once I finish reading the comments a new episode will have just appeared in my list. I can't believe I have finished watching all the episodes of Victorian Farm, Edwardian Farm, Secrets of the Castle, and Tudor Monastery in less than 48 hours. I've been hooked on these series ever since I have - ACCIDENTALLY, mind you - stumbled upon them 2 days ago out of boredom. Been taking these worse than a cocaine addict that needs his dose badly
@@blabla-rg7ky Same here, I found them randomly and now I've been binging :) I'll have to hope TH-cam has more surprises for me when I've run out
Tales from Green Valley, Victorian Farm, Victorian Pharmacy ( Ruth teams up with a couple of other presenters), Edwardian farm and wartime Farm. Are all from the same group at the BBC. And full steam ahead is the final one which focuses on the railroads in the UK.
BBC archives has all of the old websites associated with the shows
@@angelwhispers2060 But I'm already watching them *sobs*
@@TwitchXk90 I find the Edwardian Farm series very rewatchable. There's a whole separate Channel wartime kitchen and Garden or something like that it's set in the British Countryside during World War II. But by a different presenter.
I think boiling the salt out of brine in lead pans goes a long way to explaining why they didn’t live long.
I could listen to Ruth teach all day. She’s one of those amazing people whose enthusiasm for the subject make learning enjoyable.
EXACTLY!!!! I really hope she didn't actually use it. 😬
Adding ox blood or protiens in the batch subtracts a good amount of lead from the salt. Also let's not forget about diseases,starvation and cold making them not live long , just to name a few.
We should remember that food science was evolving 🤔 many didn't probably understand food chemistry interactions?
@@rw3423 Hence, why the poster said they didn’t live long.
35 years is a misnomer. The high infant mortality rate heavily drops the number. If they survived to school age the number was more like 60. Still young compared to today but not nearly so bad.
When i imagine five hundred year old trees, i think of giant oaks, not those small plum trees. It's amazing to think about the person who planted them and picked the fruit so long ago!
I thought those were plumbs Ruth was picking! Love those things half ripe with a little salt.
Those little trees are not literally 500 years old. They are descended from those ancient trees.
@@denisl2760 eh, it's likely that they're pretty ancient. A well tended, pruned, and fertilized fruit bearing tree shouldn't ever get taller than one and a half the times the height of the tallest man. Heavy bearing trees LOOK tiny, because it takes a lot of energy to produce fruit. Some things you learn when you spent life taking care of them on the family orchard.
Well the actual trees today aren't five hundred years old: most fruit trees only live 50-100 years. But before a fruit tree dies, it will go through a period of asexual reproduction and create a bunch of new saplings from it's roots. The strongest of those will survive, so in a sense the trees do live quite a long time. If you see a tree that is crooked down at the base just above the roots, that is a sapling which grew on much older roots.
that older gentleman who helped make the fireworks is a dnd character if I ever saw one.
Omg YES😂
These living history series are the best thing on TH-cam. I need this on DVD.
Great history that should be shown mandatory on all schools.
A masterpiece, you could not have found better people to do the work!👍
I love it, they also bring such and infectious joy and fun to it as well that really shows you that they are loving every minute of what they do which just draws you in further. Indeed likely the best people for the job.
If I had this back in school in the 90s, I would have aced a class dedicated to this. Its so interesting and the people are awesome. I love how Ruth is I for anything!💚✌🥰
Absolutely agree. The French castle building series is my personal favorite. I would've loved to have watched something like this back in grade school to learn about history instead of watching old Rick Steves VHS videos from the 80's
@Tam Possible So everyone will learn a little history. And how things have evolved over time. These children that are on the streets rioting ,stealing and destroying have know idea what work is and what they are destroying.
Just my opinion if you are upset by it that is ok. I came from a family that worked for everything we have or dont have.
And to me this is a huge part of history that all should understand and know how lucky we are.
@@backachershomestead
I agree with you. I had the opportunity to grow up (until adolescence at least!) on a very small, family farm. We raised or grew most of what we ate, made use of resources around us, hand-reared animals (cows, pigs, chickens, ducks, geese, domesticated rabbits) cured/smoked pork, beef, sausage, ham; very much like was shown in this series. When you live by the rythmns of nature and the seasons, it gives you a far different perspective on life, priorities, etc.
Yes, I believe these shows are invaluable to our young people.
These videos have such a great "production value" feel to them. Very professionally done. Like the good kind of documentary.
Well, they were made for tv originally, so they WERE professionally done.
@@stephlrideout Ok, makes sense. Sometimes I forget that normal TV is still a thing.
@@delphicdescant lol don't we all
That's cuz they're actually made by the BBC
@@stephlrideout hfmfhjf rq
"This is the history that does this to us, I'm just the messenger" is a heck of a quote.
33:33 though it may be due to sickness, I think one should keep in mind that death rates in infants and younger children were incredibly high, which in turn brings down the age of average life expectancy...so many people misinterpret that and think it was normal to die at 35. That was not the case (as long as you made it through childhood :D)
yup you saw the missing stat ... breaking it down into age ranges would show where spikes were and then better relate what is actually going on ... this is how stats lie ... reporting that the avg age was 35 .. although technically correct it is wrong ... because the rate is different if you limit the range to 6 years old and later ... then you get stuff like 40 and 50 and possibly even later ... while under 6 you get a spike for newborns meaning making it past early childhood you have a great chance ... to fail
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never assume the stat is saying the truth ... check to see what they are trying to measure and see if it is the most complete answer or if it has variations with in it ... like the example used from the series
Some people lived to be very old. Cuthburt Tunstall, Bishop of Wells, was 85 when he died, which wasn't until the first year of Elizabeth's reign. He would have experienced all the religious turmoil of the three previous reigns.
@@0623kaboom "I can prove anything by statistics except the truth" as George Canning said.
It wasn't all that uncommon to live into your 70's and even 80's in those days. Of course your body would have been completely worn out by a life of hard labour at that age, so your body would have been in extreme pain pretty much constantly. So it wouldn't have been a pleasant retirement in those days.
I don't think that was true for women pregnancy and child birth was deadly business
@Oona Craig Actually no, Suger was not very common and therefore did not rot their teeth. The issue is rather new for people in Europe and North America.
That alchemist looks like he walked right out of a Ghibli film! He's so sweet and funny too!
I just love how Ruth presents her segments with passion
Those tiles on the floor of the church are so beautiful! I hope they were allowed to leave the new ones they reproduced, set in the floor, and didn't have to rip them out after filming was over!
Those likely were part of ongoing restoration
I am one million percent addicted to these series of historic farming. What an extraordinary experience.
I want more!
Binge worthy without doubt.
Absolutely wonderful and educational series. Extremely well written and produced. I hope to see more like this. Thank you for posting it.
I've found this group, with one guy switched out for another guy, on other channels.
I discovered their Christmas videos first! Ruth is such a gem 😊 A breath of fresh air
It's originally made by BBC and their archives have all of the websites previously associated with the show. It's starts with Tales from Green Valley (which had a bunch of other people in it) and goes through wartime Farm
Tom is not really a main guy in this group. It's normally Alex langland. But he had a really bad back injury just before filming started on the first one which is why they added Peter at all. As the series got bigger there were some shows Alex physically couldn't do that's why they have Tom for some series and not others.
@@angelwhispers2060 thank you!
There's also Victorian Pharmacy and another one about building a castle in France or something. Not as good as the "farm" ones though.
@@mixtape4041 thanks. I seem to have run through them all now, including Full Steam Ahead. Love them, just wish there were more!
Yes that’s immersive doc at its best. The magic of narrative was really captured perfectly by the BBC here!
I wish they’d done an episode finishing up the circle and getting back to planting time. Like, I obviously don’t want them to risk getting sick or anything, but they could do an episode covering the sorts of things people did in the winter.
The early-mid 17th c one, ‘Tales of the Green Valley’ does show their winter chores/ life- even in the cold, they had to see every day to the feeding & care of any animals that hadn’t gone for autumn slaughtering- it’s been more than a hot minute since I watched it, but I quite liked it...
This is the 3rd time I’ve watched this series, along with The Tales from the Green Valley, and The Victorian Farm since I first learns about them in 2009. Never get tired of them. Best shows EVER!!
I've already watched this once before, I've watched most of them, but this alchemist dude is my favorite person in all of this. He really gives off those vibes, like he's plucked straight out of a fantasy novel.
@Alexisasheep - I think that is the same man who distilled brandy in another episode.
I love Peter Ginn. I wish there was more of these with him in it.
Of course you might have seen them, but there are, apart from this, these series with him in that I know of
Victorian Farm
Edwardian Farm
Wartime Farm
Secrets of the Castle
Full Steam Ahead
@@Inlelendri and his very first one of this series is 2005s 'Tales from the Green Valley'✌🏻🇳🇱
I have an old lady crush on Peter. 😊
Ruth: What a good harvest!! *Smiling like a million suns*
Professor Ronald: starvation. intestines giving way. haemorrhage. death.
Ruth: @.@
I am entranced by alchemist Jack’s spectacles.
Sheep: Baa
Captions: *[Applause]*
Approved :)
LMAO
Internet-generated captions don't understand the concept of farm animals. They are beyond its comprehension.
It’s so interesting to learn all of the different parts of the Monasteries and the Catholic Church that Henry8 grew to resent- and in a way Anne Boleyn was two birds one stone for him. He wanted to divorce Catherine of Aragon cause he wanted a son, and he wanted to take the wealth and influence for himself. If it wasn’t Anne- it would have been someone else.
And in fact Anne wanted to use the Monasteries that were being dissolved as schools and welfare for the people of England- but Cromwell and Henry wanted all the wealth for themselves. Anne was a reformist yes, but her intentions were better intentioned than Henry she wanted to remove corrupt Catholic Influence- where as Henry wanted to become that corrupted influence and use it for his own gain.
He truly was a selfish Cad who was a predator to younger women.
Ronald needs an ASMR channel. I could listen to that man nerd about old celebrations for hours
I don't understand how this series doesn't have waaaaay more views, is an amazing show
Thank you Ruth. You are amazing and so is everyone else. Since you touched on harvesting I want to tell you a story, told to me by my next door neighbor here in Umbria Italy. Unfortunately she died a few years ago still unable to read or write but I will always hold her in my heart and thoughts as one of the most intelligent women I have ever known. She told me that she grew up around our small town but out in the country and when she was 4 or 5ish she was sent on the road off where workers were harvesting the wheat. Because as law was any wheat or chaff that blew onto the public road was ‘free’. She walked those roads all day following where they were harvesting to pick up anything that blew in the roadway. She did this from dawn to dusk barefoot and on her own, she told me this story as a proud ole grandma. She helped her family live. She was 96 when she died and I still miss here knowledge, her intelligence and the love she held for all, well except for fools. 💜 thank you Nonna Gina, gone but never forgotten.
LOL, guy lands in Purgatory. "You can't keep me here! I bought a monastery floor!"
If this was played in high school I would have been paying so much attention.
This series has been an absolute joy to watch, Ruth and the boys enthusiasm made me sit still in my couch through all of the episodes. This should be part of the history curriculum in schools, where history has been made relegated to a filler subject and intentionally made so unappealing that kids nowadays don't even care to remember the names of the Founding Fathers, Napoleon or can't even understand how 'Hitler' and 'Holocaust' make sense in the same sentence.
I just have one question, or two, or three: where is the town they filmed this documentary? what are the requisites to participate in the reenactment? is open to the general public?
33:22 Home Remedies section begins (incase herb in honey mix in hot water when needed)
36:30 Tile Laying
39:42 Expert on The Dissolution of the Monasteries
41:19 Mystory Plays
42:33 Ruth makes a popular drink/ fruit preservation?
44:12 Play cont. Pyrotechnics!!
47:34 Ruth drink cont. MEAD RECIPE (Melena?)
49:20 Play showtime
58:10 Credits
Thanku😊♥️
thank you
You're a legend for this man.
Melomel. Which as stated is mead made with fruit. Mead made with spices are Metheglins. Though there is some overlap between the categories.
I've brewed all three. Personal fave was probably the batch I made with strawberries and cherries.
Ruth Goodman MADE me a history buff. I love her candor is dealing with even the most sensitive of issues, and bringing to light the modern science behind these ancient practices. I am so thankful for this wonderful team and production staff!
It’s so hard to find good examples of historic practices, I love these videos, thank you so much for teaching me a lot of what I know about history ❤️
Who needs cable tv when you have TH-cam documentaries?
this was made by the bbc........ so like.... i guess YOU need telly, strictly speaking...
They didn't mention aliens once. It was wonderful.
TV sucks compared to TH-cam.
@@deanne1671 .... You are on a video of stolen property from the BBC, made to look like it's this channels intellectual property. How exactly does TV suck again? Yes, they can't steal others work, but they're the ones who's produced a lot of what you see on YT.
More choices, at one's own choosen time. That's why.
With all the things Ruth handles, salt, urine, more salt, mud, pulling leeks from the earth, scrubbing, chopping, bundling and catching eels, what would she be using for her hands to not dry, crack or bleed?
Ruth, you really make it fun to learn about any historical era you portray! Thank you all
I love this series. I learn more and more than I did in my history classes. Ruth, Tom and Peter give such a wonderful education in Tudor times. Thank you for posting.
Bringing in the sheaves
B ringing in the sheaves
We are all rejoicing
bringing in she sheves
is all i can recall from an ancient song
That's the chorus of the song. The first verse goes:
Sowing in the morning,
Sowing seeds of kindness,
Sowing in the noontide,
And the dewy eves.
Sowing for the harvest,
And the time of reaping.
We shall come rejoicing,
Bringing in the sheaves!
Verse 1)
Sowing in the morning, sowing seeds of kindness,
Sowing in the noontide and the dewy eve;
Waiting for the harvest, and the time of reaping,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves;
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.
Verse 2)
Sowing in the sunshine, sowing in the shadows,
Fearing neither clouds nor winter's chilling breeze;
By and by the harvest, and the labor ended,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves;
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.
Verse 3)
Going forth with weeping, sowing for the Master,
Tho' the loss sustained our spirit often grieves;
When our weeping's over, He will bid us welcome,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves;
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.
Wow. This is just a work song that we were made to believe was a religious one.
@@germyw Back in that time, there was no difference. Not really. If your working songs praised God, so much the better.
This entire hymn is a Christian metaphor. Sowing seeds = spreading the gospel, telling people the good news of Jesus, who came to die for our sins in our place so we could be free from sin and death/punishment. Sowing under any conditions - good times, bad times, rain or shine, with weeping or rejoicing = we will do what we're called to do, spread the gospel, no matter what: in times of scarcity or prosperity, in safe or dangerous places, in persecution or protection; our reward is in heaven, Jesus Himself, so what can mankind do to me? Take my belongings, my family, my life? They all belong to Him anyway, and to leave the body is to be present with Christ, so no matter what, in life or in death, I win! 😄 In Christ we have victory! Bringing in a harvest = the people who receive the gospel and allow it to grow in their hearts become like fully ripened fruits or grains that not only share the gospel with others, spreading more seeds, but they, with us, are brought into heaven by Jesus as His righteous harvest! People may have sung this during the harvest, but it's meaning is far greater and deeper than you may realize! 😊❤🙌🏻
This has been my favorite of all the period historical-living series you've done, thus far. I cried at the end of this episode. So many similarities to my own early life; courtesy of my adoptive, Eastern European parents; that I got to live very much like this as a small child up until my adolescence. (I was born, raised and still live in Wisconsin, USA)
I don't want these to end! 😭
Me neither.
I love these series so much. I feel genuine love for it. I mean all the "farm" series where I've seen Ruth, Peter and Tom live as people did hundreds of years ago as commoners. I come to them every year or so just to remember, re-learn, and get excited with every discovery once again. And then, when I think about the present day, I find myself yearning for the sense of community that has been lost, and that was so paramount yet taken for granted in the past.
God bless Ruth, Peter and Tom, and all the people involved.
My favorite moment in each of these is the fleeting scene of Ruth gleefully pounding the post in the opening credits... She just looks so happy!
It's adorable!
My favorite part of a game called: Kingdom Come: Deliverance was the quest where you live and work in a monastery. From the art to the architecture and the detail put into the game I can see that much of that was grounded in reality, and historical fact. While the setting in KC:D is in Bohemia I can imagine many of the same things would have went on, in similar fasion. I loved this episode in particular.
Great game
The BBC might offer the series on DVD. I know they have websites for each of the Christmas specials
This makes me want to build something using only Tudor Era tools and techniques. Like a shed or something in my backyard. I love this tho it really shows how we got to where we are today.
Me too
Imagine if some wealthy guy create a workshop like this for tourist. So we could pay to have a week of workshop, including the acommodation (in an INN that is build in this ancient architecture) . We will dress that way, be a worker/peasant, every morning we will start working by 8 to 4 under a mentor, get our hands on things like milking, creating medicine from herbs, baking bread, doing laundry, creating paper and book, making ale, harvesting, creating matt from grass, fishing, creating cheese and butter, creating skin care, preserving meat , grinding flour at windmill, all below a guidance of a mentor, and for dinner we would cook for ourselves (tourists) and of course everything is medieval cuisine, cooked by Tudor's ancient tools. And on the last night, we would all have feast with the play, dance and medieval music, drinking mead until midnight 😍
This channel is absolutely awesome! Please come out with more experimental archaeology/historical documentaries. They really help me get a better understanding of the past.
thank God they have Victorian and Edward's series!
@Celto Loco - What makes you think the series were "stolen" and not licensed? The BBC always protects its copyright.
I hooked on this series and don't want it to stop, it is so interesting. I have great admiration for Ruth who tackles everything and masters every task.
Please note, when they talk about life expectancy, the low number is because of the high infant and child mortality rate. If you managed to live through your childhood. Baring war, famine and deadly disease. you could live into your 60's till age related illnesses kicked in and killed you off.
I don't think that holds true for women as pregnancy and child birth could be deadly.
Loraine Drosophila Of course you are right, but I think what Ligerstripe was trying to say (and quite correctly so) is that it is wrong to assume that people died of old age in their forties or even thirties.
Life expectancy at this time period just like every time period is an average. I do wish more stress was put on the average word in that sentence when we talk/teach about life expectancy and history.
Good point
True, but women’s high risk included childbirth. Of course, we don’t know the rates
I'm consistently amused by the self aware yet oddly peasantly comments on the purpose of their actions by the boys
NO NOT THE END!😭
PLEASE NO!😭
I TRULY HOPE YOU GUYS MAKE MORE OF THESE IN ANY ERA(besides modern lol)😌😌😌🙏🙏🙏
BEST THING ON TH-cam!!!❤❤❤
I went to a museum where they had in a thematically sealed chamber a white dress dyed in lead white. It was vibrant but there was a reason why the case was sealed. Lead is Toxic but they didn't know that back then. It doesn't taste poisonous, it's actually sweet in flavor which confuses children into thinking that it's sugar.
My daughter probably wouldn't have failed history twice if she had been able to learn by seeing these types of programs. I would love to do this type of hands on learning experience myself.
I can't imagine Ruth not succeeding at ANY task. She's the perfect mix of hard worker and positive attitude.
I'm so very sad it is over! I could have watched a whole year of this! XD
They have many episodes, I've been watching for a very long time. Why?? Cuz I love this series and Ruth and Peter!!!
I finished all six videos in less than 24 hours. I am glad to see there exists Victorian and Edwardian editions of this great series. I would LOVE to partake in these reenactment documentaries. I cannot imagine the skills and knowledge I could pick up from being apart of their little society. Much love!!!!
There is also a war time farm!!!!!!!!!!
This whole series wonderfully recreates the past.
it's all fun and wholesome watching the gang work hard and get a good harvest and you say "what a lovely, simple life!" and then professor hutton comes along and reminds you "oh btw your insides would hemorrhage and kill you if you had a bad harvest." i love every time he's on screen haha
I would love to see you guys do something from even further back in history like the Roman conquest of Britain where there was a clash of religions between the pagans and Romans
Ruth is head mistress and the boys are awesome. I can’t believe I watched the whole series!
Gorse was taken to New Zealand as a hedging plant by the English settlers in the mid 1800,s Unfortunately without the harsh winters it became a pest plant. I remember those nasty prickles growing up.
Although I studied lots of history at school, the full explanation of the implications of the actions of the king's for example, would've made it so much more interesting.
The Mystery Play....15th Century Community Theater...
I enjoy all of these in the "farm" series..
It is amazing to me that no matter what the skill or era, there is someone in Britain who is an expert and is able to deliver their knowledge in period clothing...The 3 principals are knowlegable and engaging no matter where in time they happen to be...thank you for posting...
Old England, my lion heart,
I'm in yr garden fading fast in yr arms,
The soldiers soften, the war is over,
The air aid shelters are blooming clover,
Our thumping hearts call the ravens in,
Keep the tower from tumbling...
Old England my lionheart,
Peter pan calls the kids to Kensington Park,
You read me Shakespeare on the rolling Thames,
That old river poet that never ever ends.......
From Kate Bush's album LIONHEART. Her love of England is put so beautifully to music.
Love from a New Zealand kiwi who has England in her blood.🇳🇿♥️🇬🇧
This team of historians convey History in an unprecedented way. Absolutely great. Can't wait for the next sequel.
If I could choose another time to experience it would definitely be the Tudor era.
100% BEST THING ON TH-cam IS THESE SHOWS WITH THESE PEOPLE!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I LOVE ALL THE ERAS THEY HAVE DONE!
AND EVERY VIDEO!
PLEASE MAKE MORE!!!
This channel is only uploading documentaries from the BBC. They didn’t make these.
I am aware.
I love almost anything BBC has...I love ALL of BBC "living in the past" type shows.
(Especially ANYTHING with Ruth Goodman.)
And of course stuff like Doctor Who, Sherlock, Father Brown, etc.
When I say "Please Make More" I am simply hoping they make more, not asking this channel to make more.
I wonder if we get the phrase "good humoured" from the medieval medical belief that our body's health was regulated by the humours.
Yes. Absolutely.
I am OBSESSED with this channel!
I'm curious about the daily life of colonial farmers. The people who lived in the woods outside the safety of a boundary.
Ruth's love of forgotten foods is inspiring
You know, when Henry broke up the monasteries, he did so because he resented their power and he wanted their money, well wealth. I wonder if, for one minute he considered the people, the ordinary every day people who had depended on them for their livelihoods, homes, healing, livestock ect ect. I am extremely anti catholic, but even I can see how devastating it would have been.
I'd be surprised if he thought of 'the people' for even a second. It was not until the 20th century really, that landowning classes saw 'the people' as even being their fellow citizens, and even then, they did so with great reluctance. This entrenched and ancient attitude explains why the propertied (ie ruling) classes hold a deep antipathy to laws that better the lot of the bulk of the population right up to the present day. In the end, we the people will always remain villeins.
Same here. I've had the same thoughts.
actually he wanted a divorce and they wouldnt give it to him so he got rid of them and made his own rules after that ... of course he didnt care ... to him they were just resources nothing more ... and to the rich in modern day it is still the same ... to be a truly free system then have one person to guide it sure but to everyones best benefit ... then you raise a community that will do anything to protect what they have no matter what it is willingly ... where as ruling over them they do it out of fear and are less likely to be any good
jennifer McDonald I’m ashamed to say that it’s never occurred to me. I thought I was well read on that era, and I can tell you what the religious aspects were, as well as the attitudes of these people to the previously perfect king. But I’ve never thought of the practical effects.
What was the result to the common person? Now I'm curious
Who wants to start a village like that with me?
i think we're crazy for living any other way.
I do!!!
Seriously, I've always wanted to live like this. Get back to root values of God, family, and living off what He has provided, raising livestock and growing vegetation. They say it takes a village to raise a child for a reason. Living with a huge focus on community, too. I believe we are meant as humans to live together in groups, but modern technology and life has allowed us to not depend on each other, and this is why depression is so rampant and 3 in 5 Americans are lonely.
Loneliness and social isolation can be as damaging to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
I think it would be hard, but this world is too fast for me and things are getting weird.. also, not to get all "woo-woo" but with COVID-19 and everything else, living off the grid in a small community sounds like a great plan, if things pop off worse we will be OK.
My name is Erika BTW. I live in Oregon currently.
youll freeze your arse off during the first winter and youll be missing loo paper within two days
@@foxyshazaam3310 n
A lot of people think like you do; that's why well-ran communes like Virginia's Twin Oaks exist. I spent time there when I was a kid; great place with great people!
@@foxyshazaam3310 facts! I just happened back here and saw your reply. Things were definitely getting weird 5 months ago! And getting weirder.. corporate fascism is the term I believe will be used to describe what were descending into. They have more money than governments and use that money to control how we are governed. They own our officials and law makers. This isn't new, it's been growing since the industrial revolution (read of mice and men? That on a grander scale) It looks like the best course of action to avoid being caught in the coming great depression is to start over where the gdp isn't the highest in the world, which is what drives them. The best chance for that is in South America. Chile in particular. They have a higher freedom rating and still have huge areas with no government interference.. it's not jungle Amazon like most in the states imagine for SA. Chile has similar weather and geography as we do.. (once you're south of the equator it gets cooler as you go south towards antarctica) but not nearly as developed, it's still in it's beautiful natural state! Rivers clean enough to drink from.. land is super cheap. When we buy our property there, you're more than welcome to come and build, along with whoever you want to bring that has a live and let live attitude. The current religion seems to be politics, but the truth is they're all scum. They serve the corporations, not us. And anyone who steps back from all the drama theatre to see the whole picture, will realize the goal is to enable the cheapest labor and highest prices for corporations. That's why they all operate where slave labor is permitted to manufacture, then ship to the richest nations in the world to get the highest prices. All this division they sow is to distract and weaken us. So I take no side in that arena. I'm for people. Not elitist politicians and the corporate entity. I think people should be able to believe and live as they please as long as they aren't causing harm. I think society as twisted due to years of going against nature instead of working with it. I'm April in Colorado btw. Nice to meet you Erika! Feel free to dm me if you want to talk about this. So far im still in the stage of researching different areas near a water source that would make good farm land and paying off the last couple g of debt.. there's still time to help choose a location! The west coast of south america is so gorgeous, mexico had some tempting places as well. The main thing is to be away from major cities and all the social problems that go with it. Just like here in the states, only it's becoming impossible to here because of rising population and urban sprawl.
There should be a place like this in EVERY CITY everybody should be learn this or some part of this 😉
I just found this show, I’m so sad that its over. I wish they made more, I’d watch every single second of it.
@Kayla Grech - This trio made other series on such topics as building a French castle, Victorian farm, etc. Look for them here on TH-cam.
THIS is what reality TV should be! ❤️ Thank you
I really wish these were longer. I love learning from the many series Absolute History puts out and being entertained by them.
Think winter boredom is bit off... likely processing grain, spinning... indoor work?
The bullos (not sure how to spell) plums are still eaten where I live in Palestine with salt on them
how do you call them in your native language? i try every variant of spelling in english and i cannot find the right one
@@blablah9938 Bullace is the type of plum in English.
@@rof8412 oh my god, thanks for the spelling! it looks like prunus spinosa, which grown in my garden but i never knew what kind of three it is and thought it might be bullace
jaranek? is the arabic name
Ruth, Tom, and Peter are just fab in every sense! Their passion and sincere interest in making history come alive is invigorating! LOVE these shows!!!
I love this video. It is nice to live in a community like that helping each other. We are all so isolated and reliant on grocery stores these days.
The best documentary series I've ever seen. I've watched all of the medieval series and learnt so much about the past and how it impacted on our current day lives. Well done to all involved. 😁👍🏻🇦🇺
P.s. I didn't want the series to end either.
Love love love this series. The team’s enthusiasm shone through, especially Ruth.
Bittersweet ending, to such an amazing series!
Sometimes I wonder if the "empty shell" monasteries & castles will ever be restored? Not for any purpose than their own sake & the preservation of old/ancient methods?
Good gosh Ruth & the boys have put together a great series! I wish the BBC would make more of them!!
I to have enjoyed binge watching and agree I am glad i found these to watch, I have learned so much and can understand our history better. What these people did in their daily lives how hard it must have been, also it is amazing how they made things like a floor, book , food etc. This is the best thing I have watched in a long time and believe I might watch again. I do enjoy the knowledge Ruth, Peter and Tom bring as well as those they meet along the way. Look forward to more. Thank you well done.
I wish there was more... I got so invested and learned so much but I feel like it just scratched the surface
I just LOVE this series! The UK has some of the BEST series on living history!❤️
I LOVED watching this series. I even bothered my friends, family, and coworkers about it. So fascinating!
I remember watching this series with my parents when i was a teenager. Ruth is the happy one, Peter is the dad everyone secretly wants, and Tom is the one who brings everyone together
Fantastic Series, congratulations on bringing this history to life. We in Africa need these programs, as other series cost money to watch. THANK YOU
I learned so much watching this. It was an unexpected wealth of information.
The Dissolution makes me want to weep. So many people suffered as a result.
I cant stop watching these episodes, pls make more
I'm really tired of people making excuses for Henry VIII, It wasn't Anne Boleyn, it wasn't his jousting accident, it wasn't his lack of a son, it wasn't his leg, it was all because he was a giant, immature, spoiled, asshole! He didn't resented the power or wealth of the monasteries, it was the fact that they wouldn't give him what he wanted when he wanted it. Had the pope given him his divorce he wouldn't have had a problem with them. In every case where someone, or an organization, didn't give Henry VIII exactly what he wanted, when he wanted, they got destroyed.
Preach!! 👏 He was a vile man and to think we’re still stuck w what he put in place centuries ago.
44:56 I love how this gentleman is an expert in making both moonshine and fireworks. He's like a 16th century redneck
I just live these historical reality series. They seem to really enjoy what they are doing. It helps us appreciate how much better we have it now - or is it🤔?
What a brilliant show that was. So convincing, you almost believe they stayed with the farm the entire year.
they didn't??
@@blabla-rg7ky I found a dailymail article stating that they did in previous shows but not in this. It's however not stated if they were on the farm every day, or just corresponding to the museum's opening times.
@@bumboclat damn! I thought they were the real deal :(
@@blabla-rg7ky they are, and they wanted to! However the location did not allow for it.
@@bumboclat I see... Well, still enjoyable documentaries nonetheless. And I'm sure they would have managed to live for one full year without problems as they soooo seem to be into it :)
Boiling salt in a lead basin does not seem the safest way to do it
haha thats what i was thinking, could help explain why the first batch was even more prized, theres a lot less lead salt in the part that rises to the top lol
All that ox blood removes the heavy metals though bro.
Slot of water pipes still in use today in the UK are old lead pipes!
@@Dinkum_Aussie the mineral layer surrounding the pipes protect the lead from further decay into the water supply yeah, the danger comes from if that layer is disrupted either through physical or chemical means
the evap method would be my go to now