What to do if you get time travelled to the Middle Ages

Weird Medieval Guys - A podcast by Weird Medieval Guys

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Oh no! You've become unstuck in time and now you're in 15th century England with no idea what to do or how to avoid a miserable life as a social pariah who speaks an unrecognisable language and is ignorant to the rules and structure of the world around you! There has to be a better way! Or is there? Join Olivia and Aran as they journey back to medieval times to figure out the best way to get by. Should you become a monk or a nun? Have a go at blacksmithing? Or try to wow the village rubes with modern technology and ideas? All these options and more will be discussed in the search for a decent medieval life. For more on some of what we discuss, check out:Database of England's immigrants 1330-1550https://www.englandsimmigrants.com/Some case studies of individual immigrants in medieval England, including so-called "Prince of Inde" John Balbat and fake Jerseyman Giles Morvyle https://www.englandsimmigrants.com/page/individual-studiesWilliam Lee and his frame knitting machinehttps://alumni.christs.cam.ac.uk/william-leeThe prologue to the Canterbury Tales, read in Middle Englishhttps://archive.org/details/lp_prologue-to-the-canterbury-tales-read-in-m_geoffrey-chaucer-nevill-coghill-norman-dav