What Was Life Like As A Dark Age Peasant? | Worst Jobs Of The Dark Ages | Chronicle

Tony Robinson investigates what life was like for the common man in the Dark Ages. From charcoal-making to egg-collecting, life as a peasant in the early medieval ages often entailed getting your hands dirty. These are the worst jobs of the Dark Ages.

2:40 Roman Gold Miner
8:18 Anglo-Saxon Peasant
23:20 Charcoal Maker
28:42 Monk
35:05 Viking Warrior
41:34 Egg Collector

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[terrabter]

You gotta respect Tony for actually doing all these things and not just talking about them

[anitapeura]

Note to the producers who put this on YT: the background music often competes with what Tony is saying, the volume balance is out of whack. Great program (thanks Tony!) but the sound is distracting.

[lauriekemp]

Unreal having to poke around in a bog for iron ore. We are such delicate little flowers nowadays.

[bethanyt]

I’m in love with T.R. His documentary on the Peasant’s Revolt really makes you rethink everything you have ever learned in school.

[christianhargrave]

I’m American and Tony Robinson is the best presenter I’ve seen in my country or anywhere else in the world. I wish he’d come here and do a program on the English/American connection

[nicdelmundo]

i love this program, more of the day in the life videos please

[SnackPack]

This has to be a show for television. The production quality is amazing

[hilladelphia]

Awesome. Every "prepper" needs to contemplate this.

[margarethogan]

Unforgettable. Thank you for your courage to live the experiences

[heatherfeather]

Mad respect for Tony! He really commits. I couldn't do any of those jobs. Our ancestors were unbelievably tough

[qtpi]

34:25 “not just any old raiders….” *raid shadow legend ad plays*

[evan]

Tony Robinson is such a great presenter! 🥰

[barbarahuff]

I thank the Father daily for being born now. Wouldn't cut it i that real world.
Thank you for bringing this show.

[rhiannonm]

dying over how the documentary opens w him speeding over to slap a wall

[Unknown-hjuc]

Its amazing to see how the locals never adopted any roman way, it shows you it was a very brutal occupation, they taught them nothing, just took and took

[lauriekemp]

I'm so thankful for indoor plumbing, electricity and toilet paper

[StoryTime-tunes]

Anyone else notice the scratches and cuts on the egg collectors faces lol

[roberttelarket]

Thanks very much for this very important information that almost nobody know about including probably reputable historians!!!

[raquelmoore]

I can't complain about my job after watching this, have high respect for him, and after watching the video, I really like to try at least one of the village jobs to get a good feel out of it

[melaber]

The egg collecting = Extreme Easter Egg Hunt