How to Survive in Medieval England
Dan Snow's History Hit
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4.7 • 13.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2022
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
If you travelled back in time to the Medieval period this very second, do you think you would survive? The short answer is probably not. If you weren't wearing a hat, wore glasses on the street, or even laced your corset in the wrong way, things would go south for you very quickly. Luckily, in this episode Matt is joined by Toni Mount, author of the book 'How to Survive in Medieval England' who provides an insight on what it would take to avoid beatings, homelessness, and hunger in Medieval times.
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| 0:38.5 | Hi, history at listeners. Now, fully medieviless out there. I understand there are some. Me, I'm an early modernist. Personally, I like the width of gunpowder. |
| 0:46.1 | I like the uneven, |
| 0:48.7 | groping shuffle towards |
| 0:51.7 | human rights towards the industrial revolution |
| 0:54.2 | towards equality, but I understand if you want your medieval stuff, we've got a podcast for you. |
| 0:59.8 | Gone medieval with Dr. Katjaan and Matt Lewis. It's a dream team. |
| 1:03.9 | They go from the fall of Rome to the fall of Rome. One in the fifth century and the other in the 16th century. |
| 1:11.6 | It's a big chunk of time. That's the medieval period folks. They got a broad canvas. They get out on location. They do explainers. |
| 1:17.6 | They don't medieval history out the back of their hands. You're going to listen to Gone Medieval with Dr. Katjaan and Matt Lewis wherever you get your pods. |
| 1:27.1 | Welcome to this episode of Gone Medieval from History Hit. I'm Matt Lewis. |
| 1:31.0 | It's probably no surprise that I've thought about being able to travel back in time to the medieval period. |
| 1:36.6 | I probably want to be fairly rich mind you if I had the choice. |
| 1:39.8 | If it ever happened though, how would I actually cope? |
| 1:43.4 | There's a myriad of ways in which the medieval world was different to the one that we live in today. |
| 1:48.4 | No internet or smartphones for one thing and I'm old enough to remember that horror kids. |
| 1:53.0 | Fortunately, the wonderful Tony Mount has produced a new book entitled How to Survive in Medieval England. |
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