How to Survive in Medieval England

Gone Medieval

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🗓️ 22 January 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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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, this week 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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0:00.0	Have you ever wondered why one of Ruan Cathedral's towers is called the Tower of Butter, or what
0:06.2	animals have faced trials in courts for, or even how the black country got its name?
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0:30.0	book. Welcome to this episode of Gone Medieval from History Hit. I'm Matt Lewis. It's
0:40.7	probably no surprise that I've thought about being able to travel back in time to the medieval
0:45.0	period. I probably want to be fairly rich mind you if I had the choice. If it ever happened though,
0:50.8	how would I actually cope? There's a myriad of ways in which the medieval world was different
0:55.6	to the one that we live in today, no internet or smartphones for one thing, and I'm old enough
1:00.3	to remember that horror kids. Fortunately, the wonderful Tony Mount has produced a new book entitled
1:05.6	How to Survive in Medieval England, and Tony joins me now to give us some pointers on surviving there.
1:14.4	Thank you very much for joining us Tony. It's good to be with you Matt. It's great to talk to you again.
1:20.0	So I've landed in medieval England. Something I've always thought would be pretty cool,
1:25.5	and I guess the first thing is that my clothes will stick out like a sore thumb if I arrive
1:30.0	dressed like this. So what would I have to get hold of in terms of clothing to be able to blend
1:34.7	in a bit better? Well, definitely no jeans, t-shirts and trainers. I would suggest you do a little
1:44.2	bit of research before you go. Basically, girls, it's long skirts, no trousers, sorry about that.
1:56.3	For the boys, you might want to borrow your sister's tights, because they could look quite good
2:05.6	again. So it's doubly in the house for the boys, which kind of belted jacket with your sister's tights,
2:17.6	and the girls' long skirts, cover your arms, and if you're a married woman, not a fridge,
2:26.0	you've got to cover your hair as well. It would probably be safest to do a bit of research before
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