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Theme: Economic and Social

    331 Captain Pouch

    By David Crowther 6 months agoDec 05, 2021 0 Comments

    Enclosure has a long history in England from the 15th – 19th century. In 1607 ordinary people resisting the destruction of their livelihoods found a leader – Captain Pouch  Read More

    Peasant Perceptions of Landscape with Stephen Mileson

    By David Crowther 7 months agoDec 12, 2021 5 Comments

    It is difficult to hear the voice of ordinary people from long ago; but although they left little written record, yet their memory, attitudes and perceptions of the world aroundRead More

    37b The English at Drink II - Members Only

      The 18th century saw the start of a series of Gin crazes, and the famous English institution of the Pub appears in the 19th century. And we look atRead More

    37a The English at Drink I - Members Only

      ‘Ale doth comfort the heavy and troubled mind’. The story of the English and their drink to the 18th century; a story of nourishment, fellowship and resistance.  

    319 Dearth and Discord

    By David Crowther 11 months agoJul 04, 2021 0 Comments

      The last 15-20 years of Elizabeth’s reign have been described as the Golden Age. It’s a description that might have seemed incomprehensible to many of the people that lived throughRead More

    286 Sex and the Reformation of Manners

    By David Crowther 2 years agoApr 12, 2020 7 Comments

    What concerned society about sexual behaviour and why ? How did they intervene in the way people lived their lives; what did you have to do to be whipped at fourRead More

    285 Reformation of Manners

    By David Crowther 2 years agoDec 29, 2019 14 Comments

    How far did parish life change in the 16th century, and how far was the Reformation responsible? What did 16th century folk enjoy themselves, and how did that change over the century?  Read More

    284 Popular Culture in the Ritual Year

    By David Crowther 3 years agoDec 15, 2019 8 Comments

      The Lord of Misrule, the Boy Bishop. dancing the Morris and May games. A little about the celebrations of the ritual year, and how things changed. Transcript Last timeRead More

    283 Little Commonwealth

    By David Crowther 3 years agoOct 20, 2019 5 Comments

    The patriarchy, love and marriage, gender roles and huswifery, the daily grind and a bit about food and clothing. It’s a smorgasbord.   Transcript We have a few times talkedRead More

    282 Parish and Protest

    By David Crowther 3 years agoOct 17, 2019 8 Comments

    The parish was the essential and ever present canvas on which most lives were painted in early modern England. We discuss how it changes, it’s harmonies and the context of protestRead More

    Sh 31f LLASE Going Nuclear - Members Only

    As lords intensified their demands, as pressure on land increased the search was on for more productive ways to farm the land. One impact was the introduction of open field systems andRead More

    281 Winners and Losers

    By David Crowther 3 years agoOct 06, 2019 12 Comments

      The population growth and inflation of the 16th century had different impacts depending on your situation. And the difference was land. Plus we talk about the regions and landscapes ofRead More

    Sh 31e LLASE The Manor - Members Only

      From the 9th century, the need of warfare and resulting taxation drove an ever greater bureaucracy. Meantime trade and population both grew, and towns with it. All these produced profoundRead More

    280 The Land was Never So Full

    By David Crowther 3 years agoSep 23, 2021 7 Comments

    The start of a suite of 7 episodes about social and economic issues charts the changes in population and how the society it affected described itself. Transcript Now then, as promised,Read More

    Sh 31d LLASE Warland - Members Only

    Away from the Inland estates, the Anglo Saxon peasantry and thegnage often held their lands of ancient right, and the land they held defined their public obligations as well asRead More

    Sh 31c Life on the Inland - Members Only

      The arrival of resident landowners and the ever present danger of economic disaster would change the way many lived their lives and create the system of serfdom so centralRead More

    Sh 31a LLASE – Settlers - Members Only

      A new series – Life and Landscape in Anglo Saxon England. In this episode, the Anglo Saxon settlement, and early settlements in South Oxfordshire          

    Robert Kett’s Petition, 1549

    The Petition of the Rebels from Mousehold Heath, July 1549 The year is 1549. Henry VIII is two years in his grave, and the Boy King, Edward VI has beenRead More

    Shedcast 11b The Tournament: Rise and Fall - Members Only

    The tournament grew in sophistication until it was focused around the individual challenge of the Joust. But the fundamentals of warfare and society changed and tournaments lost their relevance.

    Shedcast 11a The Medieval Tournament: Beginnings - Members Only

    The original melee was preparation for war. And like war, it was fought between two teams, was violent and resulted in death - and was banned by the church.

    Medieval tournaments illustrated glossary

    Here is a quick fly-by of some of the words and events that went to make up the favourite social pastime of the medieval knight and lady – the tournament. There’s alsoRead More

    Medieval Prices and Wages

    Medieval prices and wages are basically impossible to know. I can hear you fighting against this as a write but there are so many vagaries. Just for example – board and lodging wouldRead More

    Shedcast 2 Fun with Wills and Words - Members Only

    Wills are a fascinating historical record, giving some insight into the what really mattered to people of their time. Plus some delightful oddities...

    196 England at the Dawn of the Tudor Age

    By Cerdic 6 years agoOct 30, 2017 0 Comments

    England in 1485 was at once a deeply traditional medieval society – and yet poised at the edge of change – economic, social, religious and political          Read More

    Tagged BritainBritishenglandEnglishHenryVIIPodcast

    182 Games and Beasts

    By Cerdic 6 years agoJun 04, 2017 2 Comments

    A chance to go into some byways, away from politics and talk about how medieval folk enjoyed themselves; the games they played in medieval days, from Football to Stoolball, from chess toRead More

    181 The 15th C Rural Economy

    By Cerdic 6 years agoJun 04, 2017 3 Comments

    We know that the Magnates and peerage made some cutbacks and prettified fewer of their residences – but what of the Gentry, who by and large would have 1 or 2Read More

    Tagged Black Deatheconomymedievalpeasantsvillage

    180 Lives and Loves of the Gentry

    By Cerdic 6 years agoJun 04, 2017 0 Comments

    Through the 15th century the Gentry become firmly established as the real rulers of the localities; and an enterprising part of England's economy. So it seems worth finding out a bit moreRead More

    179 The New Farmers

    By Cerdic 6 years agoJun 04, 2017 12 Comments

    After a period of grace, the 15th Century posed serious challenges for Magnates and the rural economy – prices fell, wages rose, Magnates had to cancel parties. But every cloud hasRead More

    178 The 15th C Economy I

    By Cerdic 6 years agoJun 04, 2017 6 Comments

    A rest from politics. The population of England remained stagnant or falling throughout 15th century. But that didn't meant there was no opportunity for towns or for commerce. You justRead More

    153 The Medieval Working Woman

    By Cerdic 7 years agoJun 04, 2017 3 Comments

    Only 4% of women remained unmarried in the middle ages, and therefore for both men and women working life was a matter of team work. In towns in particular, womenRead More

    149 Sex, Childbirth and Children

    By Cerdic 7 years agoOct 28, 2016 10 Comments

    Medieval understanding of physiology had an impact on attitudes to sex, just as much as did the teachings of the church. Though who knows how much it had an impactRead More

    Tagged medieval childbirthwomen

    148 Women and 1066, and Marriage

    By Cerdic 7 years agoJun 04, 2017 10 Comments

    As far as women were concerned, was 1066 generally a Good Thing, a Bad Thing – or just a Thing?  That’s the main item of debate this week, along withRead More

    Tagged Anglo Saxonmarriagemedieval womenNorman

    147a The Pitfalls of being a Medieval Queen by Melisende

    By Cerdic 7 years agoJun 04, 2017 1 Comments

    Being a medieval queen could be a hazardous business – find why, and how, by Melisende of Outremer, and visit Melisende's blog, www.womenofhistory.blogspot.com.  147a The Pitfalls of being a MedievalRead More

    147 Women and Anglo Saxon England

    By Cerdic 7 years agoJun 04, 2017 17 Comments

    Unaccustomed as I am to social and economic history…here is the first of a bit of a thread over the next few weeks and months about some social stuff, andRead More

    131 The History of Europe Part V: Economic change and technology

    By Cerdic 8 years agoJun 04, 2017 6 Comments

    Ths episode is the first of 3 to bring us up to date with the history of Europe to the time of Henry IVth. This week it's all about theRead More

    127a Britain, Jamaica and the 70s by Roifield Brown

    By Cerdic 8 years agoSep 17, 2016 1 Comments

    A bit of a change of pace for our guest episode this week – here’s Roifield Brown, author of the ‘How Jamaica conquered the world’ podcast, with an episode aboutRead More

    117 The Medieval Year

    By Cerdic 8 years agoJun 04, 2017 7 Comments

    The rhythm of the year would have been far more important to most medieval people that the goings on at Westminster and the court of the king. The stream ofRead More

    113 Fashion and Clothing in the 14th Century

    By Cerdic 8 years agoOct 30, 2016 5 Comments

    Fashion finally comes to town in the 14th Century. At the start of the century people are wearing what they've been wearing for centuries. By the end of it thereRead More

    108 What has the Black Death ever done for you?

    By Cerdic 9 years agoSep 17, 2016 5 Comments

    The theory runs that the Black Death transformed medieval society. With a dramatic shortage of labour, the English peasant was able to demand whatever wages and terms they wanted –Read More

    107 The Death of Joan

    By Cerdic 9 years agoOct 30, 2016 9 Comments

    In 1348 a 14 year old royal princess, Joan, set out from Portsmouth to marry Pedro of Castile. Her route went by Bordeaux, and with the massive trousseau she carriedRead More

    Tagged BritainBritishenglandEnglishHistoryplantagenentPodcastthe black death

    89 The Great Famine

    By Cerdic 9 years agoSep 17, 2016 3 Comments

    For a long time we have been having a ball, economy wise – the medieval warm period, towns springing up all over the place, prices gently rising, population growing. SoRead More

    Statute of Winchester 1285

    The Statute gives an insight into problems Edward I faced with crime, and the halting steps taken to address it

    85 Crime and Punishment

    By Cerdic 9 years agoSep 17, 2016 8 Comments

    A digression this week – the state of the crime and punishment in 14th century, and the story of the theft of the crown jewels in 1303. We also getRead More

    A 12th Century Village

    This contemporary survey gives an insight into the economic and social life of the country at this time. Notes in blue are my text.  Survey of the Manor of Elton,Read More

    70 Lords, Knights and Gentry

    By Cerdic 10 years agoSep 17, 2016 5 Comments

    The 13th Century sees the start of changes that will come to full fruit in the 14th Century – the development of the role of the knight in the shires,Read More

    Economic and Social History Charts 1000-1485

    We talk quite a lot about population, prices, wages and all the time in the podcast; so I thought it might be good to have a bit of a referenceRead More

    69 Merchants and trivial stuff about Magnates

    By Cerdic 10 years agoOct 30, 2016 7 Comments

    Wool was the wealth of England, the great trade that brought wealth and prosperity to England. The people who really made the money were the big ticket Italian Merchants. ThisRead More

    68 13 C Life – Peasants fighting back…and Towns

    By Cerdic 10 years agoOct 30, 2017 9 Comments

    Being a Peasant was no doubt a pretty hard existence. But they were not without their methods of fighting back, and protecting their rights. This week also we look atRead More

    67 13th Century Life – the Peasantry

    By Cerdic 10 years agoSep 17, 2016 3 Comments

    Over the 13th century, economic growth continued. For the Peasantry, this gave some opportunities; more chance to sell their produce and get involved in a wider range of money makingRead More

    37 12th Century Life – Village, Town and Trade

    By Cerdic 11 years agoSep 17, 2016 5 Comments

    12th Century England was envied for it's fertility and yes it's climate. Any during the 12th century, the population of England and its towns and villages expand. But by andRead More

    Tagged Angevinanjouenglandhenry IIHistorymedievalNormannormandyPodcasttowntrade
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Resources

Family Trees

  • Family Trees: Normandy and the Angevins, 1066 – 1225 May 22, 2011

Maps

  • Maps: Eleanor of Aquitaine November 25, 2018
  • Maps: 1100 – 1300 Europe August 10, 2014
  • Maps: 1000 – 1225 May 22, 2011

Articles

  • Medieval Castles November 26, 2017
  • Medieval tournaments illustrated glossary June 5, 2017
  • St Bartholomew the Great June 3, 2017
  • Medieval Prices and Wages December 14, 2016
  • St Bees August 18, 2016
  • Economic and Social History Charts 1000-1485 September 8, 2012
  • Drawings of Matthew Paris May 5, 2012
  • Heraldy – Arms of the big medieval families May 5, 2012
  • Feast Days in Medieval England April 7, 2012
  • Origins of the British – a recent study January 2, 2011

Original Sources

  • Letter of Anselm to Pope Paschal October 27, 2012
  • Eleanor of Aquitaine pleads for the release of her Son, 1193 October 27, 2012
  • The Treaty of Westminster, 1153 October 27, 2012
  • The Forest Charter, 1217 October 27, 2012
  • Magna Carta: The Great Charter of Liberties of King John, 1215 October 27, 2012
  • The Assize of Clarendon, 1166 October 27, 2012
  • The Constitutions of Clarendon, 1164 October 27, 2012
  • The Character of Henry II October 27, 2012
  • The Charter of Liberties of Henry II, 1154 October 27, 2012
  • A 12th Century Village October 27, 2012
  • The Charter of Liberties of Stephen October 27, 2012
  • The Charter of Liberties of Henry I, 1100 October 27, 2012

Quiz

  • William the Marshal end of Shedcast Quiz August 16, 2020
  • The Ladybird matching quiz July 14, 2017
  • Tournament Quiz June 18, 2017

Books

  • Books for Eleanor of Aquitaine December 2, 2018
  • Historical Podcasts you might like April 30, 2011
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