Could you Survive Summer in Medieval England?

Take a seat with a local and learn how to survive a Medieval summer.

Summer might look like sunshine and leisure from afar - but for the peasant in the fields, it’s the hardest season of all. Long days of sweat, haymaking, and back-breaking labour decide whether the village will feast or starve come winter. Illness lurks in foul water and flies, fire and storms strike without warning, and every man, woman, and child is pressed into the land’s service. Yet amidst the toil, there is joy - Midsummer fires, Lammas loaves, fairs, and feasts that lift weary hearts. This episode guides you through the work, the dangers, and the fleeting delights of a medieval English summer - and shows how endurance, community, and hope carried folk through the busiest season of the year.

Watch on YouTube (25 min)