Could You Make a Living in Medieval London?

How would you make a living in medieval London? What jobs were available? In this video, medieval historian Dr Eleanor Janega takes us on a whistle-stop tour across London, visiting key historical sites and shining a light on the various communities of medieval London.

From Temple Church to the Tower of London, from London Bridge to Smithfield, traces of medieval London are everywhere in the city.

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[jonathanscott]

I recently found out that my ancestors were member of the clothmakers Guild in the 18th century and had the freedom of the City of London. Come the Industrial revolution, they had to look for new professions, and then came an early death, and the three children went into an orphanage around 1816. One seems to have died, one eventually went into indentured service in Australia, and the third became a chimney sweep (my gt gt gt grandfather) and spent most of the 19th century in the poor house or prison. As she said, profound changes can happen in a very short time period.

[chandleraskew]

I love listening to dr Eleanor teach history. You can tell she’s highly intelligent but is able to convey what she’s saying in an easy to understand way

[markbowen]

Fantastic content. Could listen to Eleanor for hours. So nice and refreshing to have a subject put across with passion, but not dumbed down and sensationalised. Looking forward to further content from the Dr!

[Staticjokes]

Absolutely love her enthusiasm. It's so nice to see a video about london that isnt just talking about the castles

[nw]

Eleanor is always top tier! One of the best

[citizen]

As a Londoner whose family goes back MANY generations, I never tire of hearing London's history, especially medieval.
Brilliant Dr Eleanor!
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[n.]

Absolutely LOVING the videos with Dr Eleanor Janega! Her narrative style is just amazing, please, make more videos with her! <3

[timclynes]

Dr. Janega is the best!
Will watch anything with her in it. Makes the history content easy to understand!

[stephenschroeder]

As a fellow historian and also as an anthropologist, I greatly appreciate your style of delivery and solid content. I will be directing my students to your work and look forward to many more fascinating and enlightening presentations. Thank you, Dr. Janega!

[denamontgomery]

Dr. Janega is an expert on Medieval History and makes it engaging. Wish she had more than a few history tv episodes but I’ve found her podcast and enjoy it also.

[brendakipkemoi]

I lived in London for 12 years and never knew some of these places. Thank you so much for this enlightened, interesting, and sometimes sad content. I've learned a lot.

[beckiejbrown]

This was fantastic, learned so much from this... quite shocked actually. Thank you!

[amandafield]

My favorite host. Easy to understand and makes it easier to understand ❤

[pamcullen]

I am a historian myself (Western Canadian history) and have been thoroughly enjoying your videos for quite awhile now. I enjoy your context and your way of presenting coming together at the end in a logical manner. Thanks and I look forward to more videos from you.

[desydukuk]

Thank you Dr Eleanor for this brilliant masterclass.

[kristinakorbelova]

I can’t even make a living in modern day London bruh

[prestuvius]

Every time she says "FROHNCE" I want to take her aside and whisper to her, "You don't have to do this."

[panagiotakonstantopoulou]

What a fascinating history on the Inns of Court, which I found fascinating, especially as I have visited there. The buildings in person are just stunning. I urge anyone on a trip to London to visit; there are lovely old cobbled lanes with old bookshops that are also worth a visit. This series of lectures by Dr Eleanor Janega has reignited my interest in medieval English history. It is a shame that we don't study much of this history in England as part of the curriculum. It is so important in understanding the present I find.

[Ben-Hollingbery]

My ancestors had the surname De Hallingbury and we were in the city of London for about 500 years, we were everywhere from the guilds to the high sherrif of the city of London. We even found a record of our high sherrif ancestor having to haul six of his guild member friends in front of the king for "Making merry and breaking the town" they were charged £500 each which is probably about £6 million today.

[ewtube]

It’s nice to see this channel grow, I love the fact it’s growing. Also there’s great content coming out!