Going Back In Time To Work In The Tudor Era | Tudor Monastery | Absolute History

The first episode finds the farm team arriving at Weald and Downland in West Sussex. There are domestic tasks to tackle, from lighting fires with flint, making meals with depleted crops during the hunger gap and using a tread wheel to fetch water from the well. Peter and Tom's first job is to move the sheep to fresh grass. Wool at this time was known as 'the jewel in the realm', because it generated much of the nation's wealth.

[IamRocque]

Ruth is one of those once In a lifetime historians her love for what she does shines through.

[archygirl]

Ruth is a National Treasure. Her depth and breadth of knowledge and skills, her enthusiasm, and her delightful personality are sheer perfection. One of the human beings on this planet that I would love to meet. I love them all, of course.

[HosCreates]

this was very fascinating to watch because alot of history isn't about the peasant or merchant class is usually about the fabulously wealthy ...

[abidinginchrist]

I love Ruth, no matter what she’s doing, she’s always having a blast. She has such an infectious laugh. 😊

[bilindalaw-morley]

It's quite stunning realising how labour intensive even the simplest tasks were. Also, you'd need a good relationship with your neighbours, considering how often you might have to assist each other.

[ubcchyo]

I’m a Japanese student currently learning British history and this helps me to imagine how life was back then. Great video!

[sharkofjoy]

"He doesn't need to shout at them like that, oxen have quite good hearing... I'll tell him about that in a bit."
lol

[Athlynne]

I've watched this series so many times, but keep coming back to it like a comfort food or favorite blanket. I love everything about it, but most of all, Ruth. She is so brilliant, and funny, and adventurous, and awesome. I kind of wish she was my mother.

[ndj]

I wish we could have watched things like this in History class would have made me more interested to learn about the different time periods.

[davidluffman]

Him talking about thorns, her letting herself fall against the fence :D

[elenabaker]

I do not disagree with all of the sterling praise that Ruth receives however, Peter, Tom and later Alex certainly deserve just as many kudos. I have already watched all of the series’ start to finish once. I now embark on the second round. And oh! Do not forget Professor Ronald Hutton, the time traveling Wizard!

[NoraTSS]

The title is sooo misleading, how dare they teach me all this interesting and useful stuff when all i wanted to know was how to make fire using flint.

[starfall]

I hope I’m like Ruth when I’m her age. She’s so wonderful.

[liamvnbw]

'' What is your profession sir?''
''I am an expert on Tudor fences''

[natehill]

A hedge needs to be Bull strong, Horse high and Hog tight.

[bridgeb]

Ruth is probably one of my favorite people to watch. She's so dedicated to what she does, and what she learns. It's inspiring honestly!

[katherinelopez]

The historians were great, but Gwinn and Graceful were the highlights of the video for me. Such sweet moomoos doing their absolute best.

[liva]

Worth to mention that people didn't "only" drink beer, and it's def' not the beer we're thinking of. It could be a very weak on alcohol, I think someone called it a "table beer" but it's basically a very dark kinda beer that is hard to get drunk on. Then there were also water from wells and mountains, which were typically very clean, I mean we still drink it certain places, and I mean Cholera didn't spread from beer, it spread from water.

That said, they didn't drink from rivers though. But they were still smart enough to boil water. And the "weak beer" was more akin to flavoured water. Mead however was very alcoholic. Anyway, just thought it was worth mentioning.

[VeiLofCognition]

Im halfway through and ive seen like 35 Van Eyck painting moments with Ruth.

[patstokes]

Not one of this programs ever have a pig shelter. They have to build one for every century they live in. I can't believe Peter was willing to do it every program.