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Post by pandaeyes on Jan 4, 2020 14:39:56 GMT
Tonight at 8pm. (1/4)
He charts the lives of ordinary people, starting in Tudor times. Richard Roose who became a cook to the Bishop of Rochester, and Thomas Grimes, from butcher to executioner. (Not much difference really, still chopping heads off).
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Post by Miranda on Jan 4, 2020 14:53:06 GMT
Oh that sounds interesting. Nice to get a bit of downstairs history.
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Post by goodhelenstar on Jan 5, 2020 10:35:42 GMT
Michael Wood did this a few years ago, with a mediaeval woman called Christina who lived an ordinary – and very hard – life. He traced her life through her tax records. It was interesting, particularly because it was the time of the Black Death and its impact on society.
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Post by pandaeyes on Jan 5, 2020 14:50:53 GMT
Wasn't too bad. At least he didn't get into costume, and the information about the clothes they wore was interesting. I like his style of presenting.
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Post by geometryman on Jan 6, 2020 0:01:57 GMT
Michael Wood did this a few years ago, with a mediaeval woman called Christina who lived an ordinary – and very hard – life. He traced her life through her tax records. It was interesting, particularly because it was the time of the Black Death and its impact on society. I watched that, because she lived in the same village (Codicote, Hertfordshire) as my maternal grandparents. It was interesting. She brewed ale, as I recall.
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Post by goodhelenstar on Jan 6, 2020 16:37:46 GMT
Yes, and did a lot of grinding of grain to make bread! The stone they used was very large and central to the house, I think.
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Post by pandaeyes on Jan 20, 2020 11:59:31 GMT
This is getting better and better. Last week was all about the Georgians. Tony was the 'patient' about to have his leg amputated. The lady surgeon went through the motions of the procedure. No anaesthetic of course, just a stick to bite on, and with a crowd of people watching.
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