I don't know about some folks, but I don't mind if I have to watch sheep-shearing, wool-spinning, herb-smashing, or goose-rearing before I find out why sheep's milk was more common than cow's milk. I find this kind of stuff fascinating anyway and to have it told to me in an interesting way is awesome.

@blabla-rg7ky

3 жыл бұрын

fully agree with you. Actually, I don't even look at the titles anymore because I'm so interested in what ruth and peter do that I click on any clip that they appear in. I couldn't care less what the title said, I am purely interested in the history and scenery and the forgotten skills that these people re-enact

@annika_panicka

3 жыл бұрын

Lol-Sheep-shearin' and goose-rearin'. I was kind of prepared for the mis-lablement after watching Victorian Pharmacy and not seeing any opium or cannabis in the first episode. Or maybe I was under the influence of one and missed it. (Lol-No, I was not actually smashed on any herbs.) I don't know who manages this channel and gives the episodes titles. When it aired on BBC in 2013, it was just Series 1, Episode 1, etc., but I'm thankful for the kind folks at Absolute History for uploading all these gems, however misleading the headlines of the videos may be.

@mangot589

3 жыл бұрын

What should they have called it? It’s obviously an hour long, and it’s called Tudor Monastery episode two.🤷‍♀️

@WyattRyeSway

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree

@GrandmaCathy

3 жыл бұрын

100%

The boys: "I'm out of breath, dying, already a corpse, say a prayer for me. The geese are broken." Ruth: " Well isn't this lovely cheese, I made a cloth, look at the bird isn't it darling it flys. It's been such a slow morning."

@glenmcinnes4824

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair Ruth is practicing crafts that though uncommon today are close to the period methods, where the boys are working out of incomplete hard to read texts, it likely takes them half a dozen goes to get something that works well enough for TV.

@communistsharks6889

3 жыл бұрын

@@glenmcinnes4824 She also has a fair amount of experience doing these things practically, as a lot of the domestic things that people did didn’t really change all that much throughout history until the 20th CE, when domestic work was industrialized (e.g.: cheese making, laundry, cleaning, dairy production, fabric and yarn making (though this was industrialized more quickly than others)). Idk if you’ve seen them, but she has a lot of experience doing these things in other farm documentaries. I think it’s fair to say that farming (plowing, seeding, harrowing, raising livestock, building and carpentry) changed more in history. That said, the sources from which the boys are working are tricky to understand and that certainly plus into the equation.

@alexu1528

3 жыл бұрын

This made chuckle out loud 😄 soooo true

@feralbluee

3 жыл бұрын

She's just marvelous - i love her. . .

@marciaowens2109

3 жыл бұрын

@@glenmcinnes4824 0

Watching Peter make a steam pit for a sheep shearing bench and laughing because that's exactly how my brother used to steam bend wood to make skateboards. These skills definitely translate to the modern era.

@d0lph1n63

11 ай бұрын

Nothing’s more entertaining than watching the age old tradition men vs animals in “catch me if you can”.

I love Ruth's enthusiasm. All three of the re-enactors are so good at explaining what they are doing, and how it feels to be in Tudor times.

@girlnextdoorgrooming

3 жыл бұрын

If I had a dollar for every fake screech she made ...

@birdsflowers2289

2 жыл бұрын

Yes ! I was wondering, did they say the name is Wheeldon ?. I've only begun to watch, but have tuned in late. I have the Wheeldon name in my family !

This is beautifully produced, I've rarely seen anything like it. I love how people are wearing historic dress but not acting and the background with the authentic buildings, handcraft, dancers and instruments really adds to the atmosphere. Much better than just casting a bunch of extras and doing historic inserts as you often see it done.

@MC-tl5bf

3 жыл бұрын

people in tudor times had the same kind of brains as we do, we tend to see historical people as one dimensional caricatures, or worse, stupid, but they were just like us in a different situation. thats why i also appreciate that they arent acting, it isnt really necessary.

@abigaila7851

2 жыл бұрын

@@MC-tl5bf I'd never thought about it that way before. Sincerely, thank you.

@TomorrowWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

@@MC-tl5bf *we being White Anglo-Saxons, of course. And even then you're wrong; there's been huge neurological shifts, notably in IQ, between the Tudor era and now--it's what enabled the industrial revolution and Britain's Imperial dominance

@Vikanuck

2 жыл бұрын

@@MC-tl5bf They had nothing _close_ to the brains we have today. They also wouldn’t have sounded the same way they’re talking in these docs. They likely would have sounded like the way Hollywood portrays pirates as sounding. They were still indeed just everyday people that have been given a bad rap by modern intellectual standards. But these docs are essentially made to show what it was to be ‘smart’ in these times, and how brains were able to be used to capacity back then.

@vysharra

2 жыл бұрын

@@TomorrowWeLive that’s not how IQ works, sorry. IQ is a scale, an IQ measure is where you stand compared to a population, not an objective measure of individual intelligence.

I love how this series underscores how privileged we are today, all our modern conveniences have negated the need for the enormous effort the average worker had to expend just to survive. A drought or hailstorm today is just a brief annoyance, back then, it could mean life or death...Today, 'I need some peaches, I'll got to the store and get some imported from Peru.' Back then, 'Is it June? I hope the heavy rains didn't rot the peach crop!'...

@eddiesroom1868

2 жыл бұрын

I love Peter's Peter Pan Pants around: 42:41

@eddiesroom1868

2 жыл бұрын

Peaches are yummy

@ashleelarsen5002

2 жыл бұрын

@@eddiesroom1868 Perfect

The loom is absolutely beautiful and it overwhelms me to think about knots forming in all those threads lol I am just astounded at how much WORK it took to do every single little thing. Our ancestors really did work themselves to the bone.

@jordanhicks5131

Жыл бұрын

"To school uphill both ways in the snow" as they like to say

@pineapplesmoovey7898

Жыл бұрын

this comment made me sad 🥲🥲

@cyndlehick9777

4 ай бұрын

@@pineapplesmoovey7898it shouldn’t. Our ancestors are geniuses.

I came here for sheeps milk, stayed for the historical documentary on sheep herding.

@4philipp

3 жыл бұрын

Between Tudor farm, Victorian farm, Victorian pharmacy, wartime farm, tales from the green valley and Edwardian farm ... I think there are 59 episodes, an hour each. Have fun :)

@RonJohn63

3 жыл бұрын

I came for learning where the urine came from, and how they slaughtered the calves and geese. Very disappointed...

That explanation about the dairy and how the windows, tiles etc work to keep it cool was incredible. The skill and intelligence and experience needed, probably built up over many hundreds if not thousands of years, all to make some Cheese. It both fascinates me and makes me wish I could witness this time in person while also making me well aware that i'd not survive an hour in that environment.

Ruth always seems to have so much *fun*! I can imagine her, if living back then, being a real asset - her good humour almost as important as her knowledge and labour. I was debating whether to watch this when it was suggested, then I saw Ruth was in it, and was sold! That's not to criticize the guys, by the way. All the participants are terrific, and really work at showing us what life was like. Imo, these vids should be part of history curriculums.

@bilindalaw-morley161

3 жыл бұрын

Replying to my own comment to say, I know 'curriculums' won't be the right word, but I don't know Latin, n wasn't brave enough to chance 'curriclae'.

@servraghgiorsal7382

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Many women were strong and competent until they got worn down from childbearing every 11 months and non-stop heavy strenuous work people lived eithercleaner. Or dirtier Tyan we 3 imagine. Simpl. Infections could and did kill.

KZread: Wanna watch a thing on sheep milk? me: ok

@thefatmoop

3 жыл бұрын

More like want to watch some ads?

@CrownMuzik

3 жыл бұрын

Mud Sh-sh-shark 🤦‍♀️ ditto 😂

@hakudoushinumbernine

3 жыл бұрын

@LagiNaLangAko23 #3 nolonger works

@faehwen

3 жыл бұрын

I was happy not to see a hyped, click-bait title to be honest.

@fromadistance171

3 жыл бұрын

Lockdown will do that to a person :-)

13:55 "you know what they say: what doesn't kill you.... is really nice"

I sure learned a lot about monastic taxation practices in this sheep milk documentary.

@4philipp

3 жыл бұрын

And people complain today. They are lucky they didn’t live in those times

@alesandrabiasello

3 жыл бұрын

4philipp wtf

@damarismelfor4045

3 жыл бұрын

The Catholic Church rules the world, the have investments in the more dirty businesses today, even pornografy....😱😱😱😱

@wareforcoin5780

3 жыл бұрын

@@damarismelfor4045 I'd believe you, except you can't even spell "pornography" right with all the spelling tools of the whole internet to help you. This calls into question literally everything you say, because if you can't even double check what you wrote, you sure as hell didn't follow up on sources when doing research.

@damarismelfor4045

3 жыл бұрын

@@wareforcoin5780 thank you so much, I know how to appreciate a good advise! God bless you!!

Great fun watching the sheep lead you the "merry chase". It's a lot easier to lead your flock than to drive it. No dog needed, very relaxed, they aren't stressed trying to figure out where they should go to get away from you; instead they will calmly follow where you walk. In those days the sheep were so valued for their wool that few of them were slaughtered for meat, they were around for quite a few years. In such circumstances there was also selection pressure in favor of docile temperament. When a shepherd is handling and working with a sheep from the day it's born, it quickly learns to trust him/her, and it's easy for the shepherd to take the place of the leader sheep or bellwether at the head of the flock. Sheep are a lot smarter and easier to train than most people nowadays think, and they soon learn to come when called and follow a trusted shepherd to new tasty pasture or into a shelter. I kept sheep for nearly 30 years and never had a herding dog. Milked them, sheared them by hand with big scissors, spun the wool, and so forth.

@beckwrecked

3 жыл бұрын

Things get a bit trickier when you have hundreds or thousands; can’t make friends with all of them then.

@annika_panicka

3 жыл бұрын

@Oliver Von arx This one was a Bearded Collie, which in Tudor times was the shepherd of choice in England, but now Border Collies and Corgis (in Wales) and a few other breeds I'm too lazy to mention are hard at work.

@annika_panicka

3 жыл бұрын

@Oliver Von arx I was *not* joking on this matter, btw, although I half expected someone to think I was because of the Corgis, but it's 100% true-and they herd more than sheep. Cattle, too. Tenacious little f**kers. Dogs are my favorite topic (and creatures).

@hilltopgypsy

3 жыл бұрын

@@annika_panicka You are now my favorite Creature! I've been to some of the places you reference (went to college on LI) and I do so love dogs! The one problem with dogs is they don't live long enough! My last most favorite Dog Creature,**_Shorty_**, lived a little over 13 years and *_EVERYONE LOVED HIM_*. The UPS guys always brought him treats and asked about him after he passed. Damn I miss him!

@annika_panicka

3 жыл бұрын

@@hilltopgypsy I cry almost every day over my last two dogs, who lived to be 14 and 16 and died over 5 years ago ... and they weren't even really mine (they were my room mate's). My current building doesn't allow dogs, so I don't have to make any decisions about getting others any time soon, but I can't imagine not being a dog parent ever again.

This is how you do a narration 😍

@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131

3 жыл бұрын

It's the BBC... 😘

Let's wash the sheep! *proceeds to get the sheep muddy beyond recognition*

@interstellarsurfer

3 жыл бұрын

When you have nothing but dirt and water to clean with - that's what you use. 😅 See: fuller's earth, as an example. 👌

@lorib1696

3 жыл бұрын

I'm with you Alex. I'm a spinner. I hate to get hold of a muddy fleece. I don't know how or if they got fleeces clean. Lanolin and other oils in the wool is hydrophobic. Water by itself wouldn't have worked. Even today I have to use Dawn dish soap and other strong cleansers in hot water and wash the fleeces over and over and over again to get them clean. There is an old trick that sometimes helps with really greasy fleeces and that is to lay them out in the sun and let them get hot. The grease liquefies with heat. Maybe they made their sheep stand out in the sun a while before dunking them in the pond.

@peachymanaangel

3 жыл бұрын

Lori B there is a method of a fermented suint that is used to clean fleece. No soap required, just time and outdoor space for the fermented bath. And spinning and weaving in the grease was far more common in the past, the lanolin was left in to make a very water resistant cloth or cleaned out with the stale urine.

@coop5329

3 жыл бұрын

@LagiNaLangAko23 It is possible to skim off the "grease" that rises to the surface if you heat the wool in water over a fire. How much you get depends on the breed of sheep, and it's not a lot. Clean/rinse it in cold water first to get as much plain dirt out as possible. BTW temperature changes on wet wool should be gradual to prevent felting. More a problem if you suddenly go from hot to cold, but still best to heat slowly. And avoid agitation when wet.

@Spapito

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

What actually happened in this time period is that landlords raised rents which had previously been fixed, enclosed common land, and demanded payment in cash rather than in kind. This, coupled with high inflation, had the effect of forcing peasant farmers off the land. New laws against vagrancy resulted in now landless peasants being sent to work houses or shipped off to colonies like Virginia. There were multiple revolts (Kett’s Rebellion in 1549, The Midland Uprising in 1607). The end result of all this is peasants worked more and got less while landlords were able to convert land that had previously been used for food to more lucrative commodities like sheep’s wool. This is called the enclosure movement.

@happeedaze1

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks....very interesting

@alexia3552

3 жыл бұрын

Damn that's fucked up. They created a pool of homeless people to turn into slaves, like that literally was not necessary, but it benefited them to have free labor. That's so fucked up.

@joeydownloadable

3 жыл бұрын

The great reset to a T

@karenfitzpatrick6256

3 жыл бұрын

So sad how greed took over the landowners hearts and ruined the livelihood of farmers. This seems a time where a working system was in place so that hard work was appreciated and rewarded with fair compensation. I think we could learn a lot about how to remedy today's crisis of inequity from the system of earning a living shown here. Far from perfect, but much better than the starvation wages paid now.

@plateoshrimp9685

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexia3552 I think the nobility was reacting to a complex set of circumstances, like the plague, cooler temperatures resulting in lower crop yields and general strife, technology, and the increased importance of trade. In order to maintain their status, they began to transition away from a social order based on traditional roles, rights and responsibilities, to one based on money. This has had a lot of bad effects, but it does allow for a type of social mobility and personal freedom that would have been unknown to a medieval peasant. For sure though, many people are probably exploited more now than a peasant farmer was then.

I adore Ronald Hutton. I first discovered him through the OBOD podcast, and he's so knowledgable and a good sport, and I love his voice. Every time he pops up in something I'm like "yessss!". I don't know if he's well-known in England but he should be one of Britain's sweethearts.

Simply there were more sheep than cows at approximately twenty to one sheep provided far more than cows, wool,milk ,butter, cheese and meat and they didn't require as much land to do it in!

@4philipp

3 жыл бұрын

They raised sheep for wool, that was their cash crop. Milk was a bonus. No need for a cow

Who in their right mind could possibly DISLIKE these documentaries?! This is fascinating, beautiful history!! 😻

@celtoloco788

Жыл бұрын

Same people who dropped out in grade 10. History? eww. Also the same people the phrase 'forget history repeat it' is refering to. Some folks would rather watch the new Transformers movie I suppose

"Geese go with shoes to market" it was the thing to formally dress up when in town.

@annika_panicka

3 жыл бұрын

Lol! I'm sure Ruth would have been more than happy to fashion some straw hats for them.👒

1) never count your geese before they hatch 2) when broody, goos( ducks, hens) usually get up once a day to poop, and eat, ducks take a swim..a quick one, then back to business, hatching eggs. Odd fact, geese need water to assist with breeding. Ducks and chickens breed anywhere. You also need so many goose to gander ratio. Love these shows!

Would you like to know why sheep's milk is more common? Here's how you make shoes for your goose

@christinerahman8324

3 жыл бұрын

Gypo Gault, TELL ME THEN!

@darlenebradley6756

3 жыл бұрын

@@christinerahman8324 Watch the programme! LOL! I thought the same thing!

@paintinganimalsonrocks7633

3 жыл бұрын

More sheep than cows?

@annika_panicka

3 жыл бұрын

@Usa mabahoI'm from Vermont and have spent a lot of time amidst beaver. Have you ever tried to milk one? They'll knock you out cold with that tail and milk *you!*

@annika_panicka

3 жыл бұрын

Lol-The titles of these episodes are unfortunately limited and misleading ... I almost _didn't_ watch one (before I'd seen any of Absolute History's fare) because I wasn't interested in Tudor butter that day. But after seeing the Victorian pharmacy series I decided to check this one out. Now I'm desperately in search of geese for to wear the burlap booties I've made them in quarantine.

Between Ruth and Professor Hutton, you can't help but feel their enthusiasm! 👏

Wow! I came because of the thumbnail and I raised dairy sheep and now I just spent an hour engrossed in this fascinating show. Thanks for the glimpse into the old ways.

I love Ronald Hutton. He's so entertaining to watch! Petition to let him dress up in outfits and talk about folklore more often

Please make a movie, the story doesn't matter, just this scenary makes it so worthy...

@50shades91

3 жыл бұрын

Try the Tudors or Wolf Hall.. both very good!

@brissygirl4997

3 жыл бұрын

@@50shades91 Never heard of Wolf Hall, what's it about?

@50shades91

3 жыл бұрын

@@brissygirl4997 Thomas Cromwell, his time during the rain of Anne Boleyn..

@indy_go_blue6048

2 жыл бұрын

A good watch for the scenery is the movie "Tess." It was actually shot in Normandy but it's supposed to be Devon (IIRC) in the 19th C. (Yes I know it's a Roman Pulanski movie but it's still beautiful and a good make of the Thomas Hardy novel "Tess of the D'Urbervilles.")

Little do we city slickers realize the effort that it took back then, and even now, just to put a meal on the table! Salute to the farmers and herdsmen of the world!

SO fascinating. My god, the work in producing one length of cloth. This should make everyone grateful and love each other.

I do believe geese are the direct descendants of Velociraptor.

@christinerahman8324

3 жыл бұрын

Kimberly Parrish hahahaha!😂

@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131

3 жыл бұрын

All birds are descendants of the raptor type of dinosaurs. From badass T-rex and down.... In Australia they have a nasty cousin of the emu, called the Cassuary. That's the kind of bird you never want to meet. Ever !!! 😲

@missingallmymarbles7670

3 жыл бұрын

My hens certainly are! There’s no doubt that they’re unrepentant carnivores even before they’re a week old

@joeydownloadable

3 жыл бұрын

The embden geese were used to make the raptor sound in jurassic Park

@sarudaangsan9490

3 жыл бұрын

@@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 ok l look 💩

The community that had sheep would have made a "sheep deep" which is a stone pool constructed on a river that you could run the ship right into, that was deep enough to really clean them.

High-quality, lush, beautifully narrated documentary about an immersive recreation of life in Tudor England. Absolute History: wHy waS sHeEp'S MiLk MoRe pOpUlAr In tUdOr EnGlAnD? Seriously, this was massively under-sold. Also, I'm now hooked on this series.

@sueclark5763

3 жыл бұрын

For a long while these were all on a channel called "Farmvids" and just went by episode, with all together in one spot for each show. Wasn't "flashy" like this and you could read the summary of each. Don't know why they took them off. Farm vids still has the War Time Farm series.

I wish I had found these in order. Instead I did Edwardian, Victorian and THEN Tudor.

@4philipp

3 жыл бұрын

Tales of the green valley was the first one I found a few tears back.

@annika_panicka

3 жыл бұрын

I did Victorian Pharmacy, then Tudor Farm, Victorian Farm, Edwardian Farm and Secrets of the Castle (present day building of a13th Century castle in France using medieval methods) and I've come back for more of this. It's interesting to learn about history in a chronological manner, but the programmes were produced out of order anyway.

@marygreer3635

3 жыл бұрын

I found Victorian first the Edwardian now Tudor. I've watched a few pharmacy episodes. Would love to know how many different times they cover.

@dianesawyerdooley4424

2 жыл бұрын

Wartime (WW2) was produced first, then they went backwards in time. Interestingly, they seemed to have fewer and fewer issues the farther back they went.

Aw the geese with their bitty shoes 👞 🤗

I love the whole ambiance that this video is giving me😊😊

@christinerahman8324

3 жыл бұрын

Oindrila Sarkar me too! It’s SO beautiful!

@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131

3 жыл бұрын

There's a whole series. With Ruth Goodman and Peter Ginn, called "Tudor monastery farm". Other historic series with the same people plus Alec Langlands, include "Medieval castle", "Victorian farm" , "Edwardian farm", and "War time farm". Brilliantly presented !

@adelaideh9465

3 жыл бұрын

In one of their series, they spend a whole year living on a farm like this. I loved every bit of it! I think it's called Victorian farm if you want to check it out

@octaneblue6

3 жыл бұрын

cottage core. look it up

@TomorrowWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

It's called Whiteness, my dear. That thing your kind want to abolish.

I wish to thank the University of Exeter and the BBC for making such programs!

KZread: Sheeps milk was more common than Cows milk Me: Hmmm Interesting

@elhombredeoro955

3 жыл бұрын

I don't like sheep milk too much, but I don't like cows milk at all!!!

@BackstageChief

3 жыл бұрын

I've been binge watching this channel for a week, the algorithm really got me hooked lol

Thank you for listening to critisiscm and lowering the volume of the music!

You know you're lonely when you're watching documentary on sheep's milk at 3 AM. By the way I've jusr figured out where Windows XP got its wallpaper at 6:16

I watched this show in 2017 when I was in hospital administration and it inspired me so much. Now I'm watching it again as a organic farmer and I realize how bad they were at most things XD and I relate so much more to so many things

@Celisar1

Жыл бұрын

Can you maybe give some examples where they were bad?

Anyone else missed the folklore professor? I love his enthusiasm

I just finished Edwardian Farm series so I came here. Feels nice to see Peter and Ruth again.

This series is SO enjoyable and educational! Thank you for all your hard work to bring us a glimpse into this slice of history.

The guy says there are only 3 commands to guide the sheep- turn right, turn left, stop. If any of these were used during the segment, I missed it.

@girlnextdoorgrooming

3 жыл бұрын

The commands were for the dog.

This is so interesting. As a spinner who has processed wool from fleece to finished product, it’s is especially interesting to see the historical aspect of the craft. Those fleeces look gorgeous!

As a result of growing up in the days of the hippies I was taught so much that hasn't changed much from the Tudors time. By Job, I am so glad that I learned so much

@misst1586

Жыл бұрын

Helene, me too. I wouldn't change anything.

Did you notice the DIRTY look the goose gave the man putting its shoes on?

@annika_panicka

3 жыл бұрын

She was like *_"BURLAP? What am I, some kind of eider down-factory hobo goose? Can't you pull me and my sistahs to town in a wagon or something? F*CK dat-we'll just fly."_*

I have Embden geese. Just hatched 5 goslings. They do hiss and honk a lot.

@chrismcdaniel6035

3 жыл бұрын

geese are always running around screaming "fight me bro"

@briezzy365

3 жыл бұрын

My first thought was they don’t have enough light in there.

@builtontherockhomestead9390

3 жыл бұрын

@@briezzy365 nope, that is just the way geese are. My geese are outside 24/7 and they honk and hiss if you get close.

@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131

3 жыл бұрын

It'll save you the expence of having a guard dog ! 😆

@LDrosophila

3 жыл бұрын

They make better guards than dogs

Fascinating series. The cheese making, excellent. These people worked so hard. We are so spoiled.

After watching this I want a goose with shoes 😳 they look so cute 🥰

These shows are all available on Amazon Prime. I’ve watched all of them throughout quarantine, they are amazing.

12:50 correction, Catholics didnt worship the saints but prayed asking for their intercession. Worship was soley and strictly towards the trinitarian God.

@janepage3608

2 жыл бұрын

Were you there, five hundred years ago, that you can be so sure of what ordinary country folk precisely did and believed?

Ruth is so wholesome, i LOVE her lol

I was a sheep farmer and a spinner/knitter. It's a lot easier to wash the fleece after the sheep have been sheared. Your video is really old school. Sheep cheese is heavenly.

@janepage3608

2 жыл бұрын

But they said they washed before shearing because dirt and dung would blunt the shears.

This is so engrossing. I really wish a certain American channel about History would take notice. I'd love to see historical reenactments that feels more like something you'd see in a graduate program, rather than some schlocky, cheesy reality show. The acting doesn't really matter, and you don't need a huge dramatic reveal because the end result is about actual education. It's interesting to see the beginning stirs of the capitalist/industrial systems that we know today and the entire process of manufacturing products we can just buy in a store wrapped in plastic by hand.

@nathanscarlett4772

3 жыл бұрын

Have you seen the Townsend's yt channel?

@Neddoest

3 жыл бұрын

The problem with U.S. American history is that most of it is completely intertwined with genocide and slavery/subjugation and well, that’s no fun and sure makes us feel bad so.... squirrel! 🐿

@Neddoest

3 жыл бұрын

Like... I recently was engrossed in Mt. Vernon’s website and went down a rabbit hole only to be reminded that POTUS #1 was a full on super wealthy slave plantation owner (which means he made *a lot* of free money...which he helped fight a war for independence in order to not pay taxes... on free money) who did not want to lose his personal ability to continue to make free money. I would freaking _love_ programming telling that story but it ain’t ever going to happen.

@caitlinboycher8596

3 жыл бұрын

Experimental archaeology and history are great. And unfortunately won’t make as much money as trash reality shows that aren’t actually about history so...we just keep supporting the bbc and programs like this

@Thaistickthai

3 жыл бұрын

Even PBS has adopted this style of framing/editing their shows/docs around this contrived tension. Every commercial break is a cliffhanger and coming back theres always a recap. This dumbs down the need to remember what happened literal minutes ago but also pads the air time. Its unwatchable. Absolute History does a great job of just giving the content, with a dab of english personality and knowing its enough.

I love the sheep, the wool, the spinning, the weaving. It's my impossible fantasy life.

@kassrripples3659

Жыл бұрын

I found out there are reenactment societies that volunteers can join.

I can't get enough of these. I've already been through Victorian farms, I hope there's so many more era's.

I love how so many people get involved to make this such a historically accurate experience! So cool.

Ruth describing the air conditioning of the cheese house was strangely sensual! XD

Udderly shocking

@janethartwig774

3 жыл бұрын

The Emperor of Mankind Good one! 😂

I wish ruth would do more stuff nowadays. I can't find her doing Anything lately

@presentpossible

3 жыл бұрын

she's written some fantastic books!

I love these series! They are so good about doing the actual work with what was used at the time. Much better than just reading or telling about it. And they seem to really enjoy getting into the experience, even if the jobs are difficult. Ruth's laughter is wonderful and lightens up what must have felt as the burdens in doing the chores. Lovely.

@eddiesroom1868

2 жыл бұрын

Peter is dreamy I'm in love with him....

Great educational video! Thank you! If only we had this in the 1960's in U.S. high school! Better than the television trash today!

Well, that was edifying; now, back to ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’, followed by the ‘Pimp My Ride’ marathon - all on the History Channel...

There are still a few villages in Ukraine that use fulling mills to felt traditionally woven wool blankets. They're very fancy because they run more underneath the building like an underground washing machine.

Very interesting programs. It offers a well researched into the daily labors of those long ago days, which we (likely) view through a set of romantically tinted rose glasses. I couldn't help but wonder how often the tenant farmers were exploited or otherwise used for the advantage of the land owners (monastery or otherwise). These shows are a welcome refuge from all the destruction and hate mongering currently in the news.

I just love every one in this series. They're all just so enthusiastic and well meaning. It's all wonderfully distracting.

I can't believe how hard these people worked just to maintain and stay alive. Everything is made by hand. Even the spinning wheel and loom that allowed them to make thread/yarn and cloth must have taken sooo much work and that was to make a wheel that can make thread, that can make cloth, that can make clothes. It takes so much to get to the final product. Clothes, food, houses. They had to work so hard for just the basics

Sheep's milk cheese (called pecorino) is one of the yummiest cheeses - especially if it's made with truffles! It's nicer than even parmesan cheese

@girlnextdoorgrooming

3 жыл бұрын

Halloumi is also made from sheep's milk and also delicious.

Ooh ooh ooh, let's do Anglo-Saxon times!!

Me being so proud and confident when people are stunned to learn I bike 8 miles a day 5 days a week to get to and from work. Me being totally deflating at hearing Tudor spinners walked about 30 miles a day.

53:04 The little shoes geese made me giggle. Darling murder feathers.

That's very thick sheep's wool. Looks wonderful. Keeps them very warm in those cold English winters!

@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131

3 жыл бұрын

Oh well, most english winters are'nt that cold.... Love from Norway ! 😁

@4philipp

3 жыл бұрын

Nina Elsbeth Gustavsen it’s the rain that dies the trick. I rather take -20° with snow or dry then hover around freezing with rain.

Thank you so much this, Absolute History. These farming videos are so amazing. I wish we had an equivalent in America. I can't wait for the rest of the series.

@thatonedog819

3 жыл бұрын

We did. It was called the history Channel. Unfortunately, it's been taken over by bad reality TV shows

@kimmy0189

3 жыл бұрын

There's a lovely channel called Townsends that features a lot of food in American in the 18th century, and also how they lived on the frontier.

@ljb8157

3 жыл бұрын

@@kimmy0189 yes! Townsends is a great Channel! I only wish they had some long form videos... went a little deeper in each episode. Though the livestreams are pretty good...I prefer this type of narration video.

@4philipp

3 жыл бұрын

kimmy0189 love Townsends. I’m sure the re-enactment groups have extensive libraries of reading material. I know the SCA does but they are more focused on medieval times.

@annika_panicka

3 жыл бұрын

I just watched "Secrets of the Castle with Ruth Peter and Tom" (2014)-no farming, but they help build a medieval castle in France using (for the most part) 13th Century methods. Very interesting. Oh-I see your comment was from two months ago, so you've probably found Victorian, Edwardian and Wartime Farm and the series on trains-I think it's called "Full Steam Ahead." I haven't seen the last two I mentioned yet. I'm not too keen on documentaries about the Industrial Revolution or WWII, but I'll probably check them out for a dose of Ruth, Peter and Alex. Stay safe! 🗽

Love it. Please more documentaries like this. They are not only fascinating and informative, but relaxing. Doesn't everyone long for the good, simple old days in some way?

The sheep in this video are absolutely adorable, lol

Bloody fudging brilliant, my dears! Thank you so much for letting us virtually 'relive' history as it was! Please keep up the good work! All love and best wishes, Claire

@4philipp

3 жыл бұрын

They should make a few episodes about the Spanish flue...just for comparison

I just realized the sheep have no idea whether it's 1500 or 2021. Everything looks the same from the inside of the pen and on the pasture.

To whoever has gone back and added chapters to these videos, I see you and I appreciate you!

Can there be a playlist made for these videos? It took me a while to find the one before this and I want to make sure I can find the new one! I’ve subscribed but just in case! These have become my covid escape!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️💖💖💖💖

@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131

3 жыл бұрын

Just check Ruth Goodman on youtube for videos. You'll find plenty of historic series. With her, Peter Ginn and Alec Langlands. "Medieval castle" (how to build one). "Tudor farm", "Victorian farm", "Edwardian farm" and "Wartime farm" (WW2). And more..... 😍 You might also like "Time team" !

@arwahsapi

3 жыл бұрын

These series are actually old and have been on other channels since years but in poor resolutions. I guess this is the official reupload in HD.

@annika_panicka

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dron/r5qeBG9g7bGtMGyHG2GzbQ.html and random people have compiled playlists for your quarantine viewing pleasure

@claireparker736

3 жыл бұрын

Dixie Ten Broeck it was but all were somewhat spread out over multiple play lists but I was able to just make my own! Lol

@indy_go_blue6048

2 жыл бұрын

Go to Absolute History and hit on the "playlist" link.

I like the narrators voice ...it makes me watch the show

I am falling in LOVE with Absolute History! You need to sell a print edition!

the goose while being fitted for shoes: _you scoundrel. you fiend. stop this at once._

How often I have wondered how the people of ages ago managed to make the beautiful things they made ... Such an interesting documentary. Thank you for sharing.

This series really puts things in perspective sometimes... someone who is vegan these days, would not survive back then. They did literally everything by hand and without any mechanical help and their diet was completely dependent on what was available at that time of year. We are so priviledged these days.

Loving these shows!! Adore Ruth and how well she takes to the different lifestyles/times. Also love Peter, he is so good at taking to all the farm work. Wish I could find one of him for myself. Lol. The learning is fantastic, I'm a history buff anyways but these shows somewhat relate to where my ancestors are from as I'm not only Native American but also English, Irish, Scottish and French. I love seeing how they all lived and would like to go do this at some point in my life living like they did.

Ruth is the best! They should bottle whatever makes her special and give to anyone suffering. They'd be feeling better in no time.

I went to a Heritage festival in Waco, Texas where I was able to observe wool spun, then placed onto the loom… it was fascinating.

Those hissing geese are excellent

it's so amazing, if you look back in history at the "machines" we designed, they were very complicated. Just look at this loom! weaving has not changed, mechanically it's the exact same thing. it's just been further mechanized using materials we have now - electricity to computer chips. it's faster and creates so much more merchandise for the burgeoning population and the capitalists. i can't imagine how they wove silk - the thread is so fine. it must be somewhere here on UTube :)

@sueclark5763

Жыл бұрын

This is a fascinating restoration project that includes weaving the finest silk fabric, the process is absolutely incredible, as is the whole project. I was totally engrossed watching it. Think you will really enjoy it too!!!! The Emperor's Secret Garden (2010) 乾隆花园修缮记 1.3M views 10 years ago NIBB AUHH

This makes me proud of a country I’ve never even visited. American here, loving these living documentaries with Peter, Ruth, Tom (and Alex). They are my fave things I’ve ever watched. England’s history is ancient and rich.

The Ale-hoof is also called "Creeping Charlie". I didn't know it was edible but apparently it's in the mint family so it makes sense to be medicinal.

Narrator: Peter is soaking the straw in hot water. Peter: pours hot water over a pile of straw.

@annika_panicka

3 жыл бұрын

Lol-thank goodness for the narrator or I'd have been utterly lost. 🤔

I thoroughly enjoy these videos. I like history in general, but these certainly bring history to life. It makes these almost a a window on the past which makes it more realistic and enjoyable. Congrats to the producers and the actors!

One of my all-time favorite authors is Nora Lofts, and her Knight's Acre trilogy comes to life for me when I watch these videos!!

I love this series but would love to see a behind the scenes. Do they get time off? Any bloopers? Etc.

Absolute gem this channel is. Learning a lot.

One thing, of course, is everyone in this is a good deal taller than actual Tudor folk would've been. That's not anything they can help, of course, but it's worth mentioning.

@maggiee639

3 жыл бұрын

There were still tall people, they just weren’t as common 😊

@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131

3 жыл бұрын

Fiddlesticks 😛

@reneeurban9290

3 жыл бұрын

Henry the viii was 6 '2"

@4philipp

3 жыл бұрын

Tudor people certainly were in much better shape.

I love these series. Victorian , Edwardian , Tudor. Harsh life to us compared to what our ancestors had to live through. They didn’t know any differently. They survived. I wonder how in 150 years plus, how the future generations will look back at us. Probably the same way we look back.

@TomorrowWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

I doubt that

@sueclark5763

Жыл бұрын

The way things are going, they may be back to doing things the old ways again and think we were so spoiled and lucky!!

the background music in these documentaries is pretty excellent, like the ominous theme with the flute in this one sets the scene quite well.