The True Terrors Of Tudor Medicine | Hidden Killers | Timeline

Dr Suzannah Lipscomb takes us back to Tudor times in search of the household killers of the era.
It was a great age of exploration and science where adventurers returned from the New World with exotic goods previously unknown in Europe. An era in which the newly emergent middle classes had, for the first time, money for luxuries and early consumer goods, many of which contained hidden dangers.
The period also saw a radical evolution in the very idea of 'home'. For the likes of Tudor merchants, their houses became multi-room structures instead of the single-room habitations that had been the norm (aristocracy excepted). This forced the homebuilders of the day to engineer radical new design solutions and technologies, some of which were lethal.
Suzannah discovers that in Tudor houses the threat of a grisly, unpleasant death was never far away in a world (and a home) still mired in the grime and filth of the medieval period - and she shows how we still live with the legacy of some of these killers today.
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[@deliglahmccarthy6447]

dying while taking a dump and having it talked about on the internet hundreds of years later. That is Iconic

[@doncarlin9081]

That's how I wanted to be remembered in posterity 😂😂😂

[@johngreaves4579]

Deliglah my great grandma died whilst taking a dump. 😋

[@davidbrown8303]

Elvis died taking a dump.

[@williamheywood9115]

Someone aught to write a quatrain about the sad demise of poor Leonard Delayne.

[@8460437]

David Brown I doubt that a statue memorializing the event will be exhibited at Graceland.

[@mdkr7168]

Can't wait to flex all my knowledge on the ways the Tudors died when this quarantine is over

[@ashleyholder4892]

Lol

[@isbsey]

Mandy, you go girl 👍. While you're waiting to come out of lockdown, get as much knowledge crammed in as you can. Knowledge is fun ....... Knowledge is power.

[@medialuna95]

I'm probably going to talk about this at some party and win the nerd of the year award. Also the Victorian lifestyle videos of this channel are as pretty good.

[@angelamiller3527]

I’m laughing a bit too much with this comment, thank you.

[@alysononoahu8702]

@Robert Gardea Tudor?

[@williamheywood9115]

"Death by crushed testicles while playing games at Christmas" What sort of games were they playing?

[@suzawilo]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ARaven-xf2lg]

It's called " What's the capital of Thyland!" Bangkok.....

[@bassmangotdbluz3547]

"Hit the Cod Piece with a Morning Star", my favorite Tudor game!

[@EffectPlaceboThe]

Just performing the nutcracker suite

[@krashd]

Swingball

[@KorrieRose]

Salad of lemons...?? Just lemons?? With sugar?? Just sugar and lemons?? Might as well just make lemonade.

[@lucylaw1572]

Korrie Rose I know right! Lololxxx 🧝🏽‍♀️

[@aprilbennett4161]

It wasn't until 1630, 27 years after the Tudor period ended, that lemonade began making headway in northern Europe, in Paris. It's the invention of carbonated lemonade in 1833, almost 200 years later, that became a mainstay in the UK.

[@deborahfauvor4064]

Powdered sugar.

[@nicolel.6316]

I know it actually sounds really too sour and sweet

[@vector6977]

Water was unsafe to drink

[@thedameofmuir5373]

Dr Lipscomb is wonderful. She's so charming and she brings the emotion out in her presentation. She has such a pleasant relaxing voice too. Also her hair is so beautiful. I wish she would do a historical AMSR.

[@sweetlikechocolate437]

What's a AMSR?

[@Grisostomo06]

@@sweetlikechocolate437 Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response It's usually a person doing sound effects into a microphone.

[@GottaWannaDance]

"it's usually a person doing sound effects in a microphone" ... like rap.

[@safiabibi2705]

Simp

[@thedameofmuir5373]

@@safiabibi2705 don't judge a username/profile by it's cover. I am a woman.

[@Galejro]

I demand second season: Ancient Egyptian, Roman, Medieval and Dum dum Duuum Modern House.

[@karinafdw]

Galejro the modern house chapter would be waaaaay to long hahahaha

[@Tis1kay]

I would be so happy if they made a season 2

[@DaisiesInVenus]

Yes! That would be lovely!💕

[@wishingstar22]

Medieval, Georgian and the interwar period.

[@fpreston9527]

Sugar is still killing us today

[@One-Crazy-Cat]

f preston corn syrup and its products are worse. Plain sugar is usable by body the cheap corn stuff is a toxin.

[@rockinbobokkin7831]

It's just sugar. Don't be brainwashed. The sugar isn't killing people. Not making responsible food choices is killing people.

[@One-Crazy-Cat]

Rockin BoBokkin some folks mix up sugar and artificial corn sweeteners. The latter is kinda toxic particularly the no sugar ones as the body can’t tell artificial from real sugar. Real sugar is not a problem but you’re right too much of anything is bad. I do believe the artificial junk is a much bigger problem.

[@reynoldgreenleaf6368]

Rockin BoBokkin Choices? Yeah, we’re essentially given the choice between different kind of poisons by the “food” industry. It’s like a prisoner being given the choice between death by firing squad or beheading.

[@justinamarina3774]

My mom is very anti-sugar unless it's brown, cane, or honey, or Stevia.

[@tinytonymaloney7832]

I wish I had access to history videos like this in the 70s at school. All we ever did was Normans, Saxons, Vikings and Romans, almost every year. Did a bit about WW1 & 2 but not much but was in 4th year. And the presentation of them made them boring. I love watching these documentaries in my older years, can't get enough. 👍👍👍

[@elenabell785]

I love her documentaries! They are always so well done and she seem so genuinley excited it's amazing!

[@jakelance6]

Not to mention she is absolutely drop-dead gorgeous! I don't mean that in a derogatory way at all... This woman blows my mind! God, if I was her father I would be so proud!

[@de-lovely7859]

@@jakelance6 Finally! some non perverted respectable comment about her. I kept seeing people commenting about her voice and features in a very perverted way. I'm proud of you.

[@jakelance6]

@@de-lovely7859, Thank you, She deserves to be acknowledged for more than just her looks.

[@henningandersen9027]

iF IT WEREN'T FOR THE DISTURBING, NERVING MUZAK!!!!

[@henningandersen9027]

GOES FOR nearly ALL documentary videos !!!!

[@onenanathreekids5662]

That woman's hair is gorgeous.

[@theatlantean39]

Ew

[@johngreaves4579]

One Nana Three Kids all of her is. I'd have her babies.

[@dogmommy5432]

Her hair is magical, I can’t stop loving it.

[@jamesavery6671]

OMG I was about to say the same. Jealous as I am a balding man

[@1rewd133]

Looks to me like she got halfway through working on a style, got a phone call, and forgot she wasn't finished.

[@chessnitemayr]

As far as how painful decaying teeth are; VERY. I had the misfortune on being born into a family with severely bad genetics, and teeth are, unfortunately, affected in my family. Most of my maternal side have had their teeth removed by their mid-30s, and I had mine out by 29. Having children can also cause teeth to decay, since they require a lot of calcium. Teeth are basically a giant deposit of calcium, and enamel on teeth with slowly deteriorate while your pregnant if you don't consume or produce enough calcium. My enamel was gone by the time I was 21 and pregnant with my 2nd child, so my teeth were already destroyed when that pregnancy took more calcium from my teeth, making them break down and apart. A broken tooth will allow for infection to set in quickly, with a direct access to the root of the tooth, causing severe pain. Abscesses happen more quickly, which can be dangerous, since the infection to can get into your bloodstream and spread throughout your body, affecting multiple parts, and if it reaches a vital organ, like your brain, it can be deadly. So, for a hint of advice from someone who suffered greatly due to horrible genetics and circumstances that lead to full dental removal: TAKE CARE OF YOUR DAMN TEETH.

[@skate103]

Reminds me of a sign at my dental office: Ignore your teeth- They'll go away🤔

[@Doris-bs9mm]

I would rather give birth in the jungle! Tooth pain is worse!!

[@oogaboogass]

Oof everyday i thank god I'm not british🤝🏻

[@purebloodsunite7489]

Bad teeth is from bad nutrition not genetics, nobody had bad teeth before agriculture started(when we started eating carb heavy starches).

[@johnnyblazey]

Keep your overall internal acidity levels,,stable including saliva. Vomit will not only breakdown your esophagus' tissue but also the oral cavities (the entire parts of mouth). As for cleaning mouth after eating and/or snacking, instead of using floss (as the gums are sensitive ingeneral and w/ a relatively healthy diet excluding products that harm rather than hekp stabilize acidity levels overall), i rinse & gargle, my mouth out w/ clean water. I also do not swallow (most of the time), my accumulating saliva. My saliva needs to be close to the same density as water as sodium/salt and sugars ingeneral, will hekp create a 'gelatinous' affect internally. Dilluting my saliva and disposing of it until it's relatively close to the same density as water, then i may swallow saliva (i actually do not swallow accumulating saliva most of the time until it's past the 'foamy' stage

[@RylieCollins]

She has some beautiful ringlets! And this woman has a very soothing and factual voice! I could watch her talk about the stupid ways people died all day long!

[@StopFear]

He hair is nice but it’s distracting from the documentary.

[@eddieshredder5740]

Creepy

[@vhawk1951kl]

All well-bred Englishwomen speak as she speaks; it's a matter of breeding.

[@ejedwards988]

This lady has a voice like Morgan Freeman or Patrick Stewart. She could just read the dictionary and I would listen to it.

[@louise-yo7kz]

Excellent for narration

[@saintmichael1779]

I think I am in love..

[@ancientmariner7473]

Ej Edwards Yes your quite right! That's why I've listened to about 3/4 of it. I originally thought she was the blonde woman who talks with an ever so slight pronunciation "impediment" which makes her sound sooooo sexy! Not this lady though but she's rather gorgeous all the same.

[@gaelhoward1694]

Ancient Mariner that’s Lucy Worsley, and she’s wonderful too.

[@nevetsmahgnirtle8961]

It's her accent, not laziness. You don't get a Phd by being lazy.

[@ChrisParrishOutdoors]

BRB going to go brush my teeth

[@Chewyns1]

Chris Parrish lmao

[@LaDyLuCk2900]

Same, with LOTS of Listerine after

[@sweetlikechocolate437]

I did that too! I thought to myself "I have only one set of teeth, I'm going to look after them by brushing them".

[@ewhitmo1]

Me too 😳😬

[@assassinwoman16]

Hahaha... I've already done it lime 3 times already, just looking at the rot makes my teeth hurt.

[@sophiecat2161]

I'm a huge fan of SL, her passion and drive whilst chasing history is a joy to watch, especially when she reads from books held by previous Royals and experiences wearing past fashion trends though not the corset, thought she'd faint! Thank you for making history so exciting. My brother drowned so this was difficult for me to watch, at least he didn't suffer thank goodness.

[@graftongodofmemes]

Fifty people have read and liked this comment yet not one has asked you about your brother's drowning? Wtf? Am I missing something? Hope you're doing better. Your brother is in a better place. Or he isn't. I dunno . I'm sorry for your loss but.

[@drummerdoingstuff5020]

That’s not for us to decide, I’m glad he didn’t suffer either and I’m so sorry for your loss.

[@TinglyTriggersASMR]

I'm so sorry about your brother 😢❤

[@user-ib3jn1vo9d]

​@graftongodofmemes I'm sorry I was thinking about how sad to lose your sibling.

[@user-fy9hb1iq5i]

This Lipscombe girl IS SOOO SEXY!

[@TropicalMind]

I've been eating and drinking sweets lately and before i clicked to watch i had just opened a bar of tasty chocolate. Thought this was another documentary about serial killers. Now after hearing about the sugar teeth related deaths, i now believe that it was destiny that brought me here. A warning sign lol

[@kimi_2209]

Im a chimney sweeper and watch this during my break. Couldn't agree more on the chimney safety topic👌

[@FunSizeSpamberguesa]

Okay, those teeth are absolutely horrifying, and the rate of drowning probably wasn't helped by the fact that most people never learned to swim.

[@clare2401]

The amount of clothes they wore to swim wouldn't have helped either

[@georgetempest9627]

you can't swim when hypothermia kicks in, you're done for after a few minutes!

[@shane99ca]

@@clare2401 The clothes were essentially weightless in the water. The water outside the clothes weighs just as much as that inside the clothes; there's no net increase in weight. Until you get back out, that is.

[@jordanhicks5131]

@@shane99ca see, ya say that, try swimming in heavy clothing. Especially when hypothermia is setting in and you are losing your strength by the second.

[@shane99ca]

@@jordanhicks5131 We're talking about swimming back out of a stream, not swimming the Amazon from mouth to source.

[@beccajaye8468]

"death from crushed testicles after playing games at christmas". Please can we have some clarification on this??

[@ianvance9035]

sounds like a game from a Saw movie

[@aleahlrb]

What kind of game were they playing? O.o

[@necrosan]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/kH6QdWago82gmLM

[@aleahlrb]

@@necrosan I need more clarification. 😂😅

[@necrosan]

@@aleahlrb y'all don't play this game every Christmas????????? kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKqQhWete65qq8k

[@larsondarcy101]

Dr Suzannah Lipscomb is so passionate about history that it's infectious. She is also a dazzling combination of beauty and intelligence which is so darn mesmerizing. Absolutely love her docs!

[@auto_math]

at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1770">29:30</a> we have an example of a very dedicated historian. The things that lady is ready to do for our entertainment deserves ALL the BAFTAs.

[@bigedslobotomy]

Auto Math I was genuinely scared for her safety, as she kept losing her footing due to the cold water inhibiting her muscle movement and her gasping. It would have been WAY too easy for her to go under the water and possibly inhale that filthy water.

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

I bet there was at least one cameraman in suitable clothings, and/or a rescue team.

[@Deezhan]

"How did your dad die?" "He was killed in the last war, when he fought two knights simultaneously. What about your dad?" "He died last Christmas. I'd rather not say how. Still painful to talk about it."

[@audradunville6337]

Dr. Lipscomb, this series is fascinating and you are an elegant and engaging host. Intimate glimpses of historical life are often overlooked. Please make many more episodes!

[@bunk95]

Theres a slave marketed as Dr Lipscomb?

[@ybe7011]

You can also see the skull changes. The earlier skull is wider, where as the later jaw is narrower this follows the theory of Weston A. Price. Nutrition effects bone structure.

[@melanief4115]

thats all the inbreeding :)

[@fawnieee]

It's actually because food became less tough and easier to chew, and our jaws no longer needed to be as strong to chew up food. It's why so many have crowded teeth.

[@arnesste000]

I just love this girl smart , beautiful , soft voice , I could listen to her all day .

[@madczech9568]

they said 57 people died due to archery. lets hear about that

[@deborahfauvor4064]

I'd like to know more from the list, as some of them sound a little odd.

[@GottaWannaDance]

Shooting practice in those long hallways.

[@danielbateman6518]

That's pretty boring usually, just arrows going astray and poor range regulations.

[@FeralFelineFriend]

I wanna hear about that escaped bear

[@necrosan]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYOsl6Z8msuUqsk

[@joannahimes-murphy6897]

As a history minor back in the day, I could totally see a drinking game where you took a drink every time she said, "MIDDLING SORTS", but I love these videos of hers anyway!

[@janbadinski7126]

I love this series. Well presented, she tells it where you can easily imagine life in the period she's covering. Thanks for the upload.

[@mxferro]

Look...its Claudia from "interview with a vampire"! ...All grown up!

[@puppies4everthefam233]

mxferro thank you I was looking for this comment. LoL! I thought I was the only one thinking that

[@Amanda-James]

Her hair is like nothing I’ve ever seen before. It is STUNNING.

[@motorcop505]

Amanda James Going to sleep next to her would be impossible because one would be forced to stay up all night just watching her sleep.

[@fresatx]

Looks like a dust mop to me. Yall have a very strange kink. But hey fly your freak flag high.

[@akasickform]

I'd give it a good tug

[@lt1342]

you've never seen curly hair before?

[@fresatx]

@@lt1342 They LOVE curly hair...not in a creepy stalker way, not at all.

[@rubyandlilac]

I just had a root canal on a molar with a big absess and my god the pain was unbearable. I wound up in the er unable to open my mouth or talk without pain. I cant imagine the pain they must have been in

[@Monicaerikarita]

I’ve had a weird obsession with the Tudors and consequently the time period since I was little. Love these things.

[@PineappleLiar]

I think I’ve just found my new binge watch

[@rvandenburg8360]

I like the re-worked version of how 'Elizabeth Bennett' Lived in Pride and Prejudice! Don't think the movie would've had the same impact had she died collecting wort leaves, breaking a fence and drowning in the moat, never having met Mr Darcy. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1708">28:28</a>

[@itsapittie]

Dr Lishman talks so calmly about disease and death. :-D Her voice is a cure for stress. I could listen to her read an encyclopedia.

[@srobertweiser]

I could listen to her read a phone book.

[@AAZAZELHAZEL]

watching this with a current abscessed tooth made me shiver. one is horrible but how could you go about your day with several?

[@alysononoahu8702]

I agree, I'm so glad that sucker got pulled, antibiotic and it was over

[@alysononoahu8702]

Can you get it fixed or no?

[@AAZAZELHAZEL]

@@alysononoahu8702 I got mine pulled a few days after posting this!! such a relief!

[@jessiemayfield6749]

They took opium and heroine and such as “tonic” that we don’t do it makes alittle bit of sense

[@debbiejoesbury8872]

I have a tooth abscess and have had to do a little d.i.y. home surgery to relieve the intense pain which involved lidocaine and a sterilised scalpel blade. It did help but I don't recommend the way I relieved pain. I'm going to a dentist which is always the way to go.

[@P0GFLIPPER]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="280">4:40</a> 'that it would become known as white gold...oh not tobacco.. Cocaine'

[@alicetango6725]

sugar is 100 times more addictive and the sugar economy is 10 times as massive as cocaine. just think what would happen if the world made sugar illegal

[@PPikes]

As if we all thought tobacco was white lol! Whoever made this doc is dumb af

[@alicetango6725]

shes smoking a pipe as she says it you idiot

[@brandonnaylor2284]

I saw this comment before watching and am now incredibly dissapointed

[@hahanotfunny6891]

😂😂😂

[@dvg1985]

Love the documentaries with the Doctor. So pleasant, and charming I already love learning about history but hearing and seeing it from her is like a history lesson from an angel.

[@plainjane8870]

I love how the interviewees react with the interviewer; she has such an infectious, happy glow! 😊

[@TheRowlandstone73]

Me upon seeing video in suggestions: "I think I'll just watch the bit about Tudor dentistry.." Me upon seeing Dr Suzannah: "Actually, I think I'll stick around."

[@rogerparris6742]

Absolutely love Dr. Lipscomb and her wonderful documentaries. Her presentation is so easy to follow. Her voice is so soothing I could listen to her read stock market reports. And she is an amazing beauty. Then you see her passion. A brilliant wonderful lady!

[@sazfretz1945]

Teeth are most definitely a cause of death. My oldest sister died from septicemia from an abscessed tooth.

[@chainsawkitten3766]

Saz Fretz happens to animals too, which is why it’s important to get dental care for your pets.

[@20GaugeSX4]

I'm so sorry for your loss

[@Chantwizzle]

@therealnightwriter whaaaaaaaaaat?

[@Stitchpuppy01]

Abscessed teeth are agonizingly painful. Did she wait before getting it looked at or was the infection too swift? Scary.

[@sweetlikechocolate437]

😯 so sorry to hear that!

[@AirborneAirAssault6565]

I have learned so much from Dr. Lipscomb's documentaries. They should be shown over and over in our schools.

[@Ten80pete]

I wish there were more of these docs. After watching the Killers of the (Tudor, Edwardian, Victorian, Post War) Home countless dozens of times, I've come to see "Dr. Crusher", "Ye Olde House", "Helena Bonham Coroner" (Not seen in this doc, but if you've seen the others in the series, you know who I mean), and "Dr. Suzannah 'Corset-Drowning Victim' Lipscomb" as an extended morbid British family. I miss you all, and I still look for more content with contributions from any of these lovely people! ❤

[@WillN2Go1]

The drowning section is brilliant. Clearly the reduction of death by drowning over or after the Tudor Period is one of the great inventions in human history. Dr Libscomb's demonstration fits what I know about drowning. She only left out one factor - alcohol. (About 30 years ago the parks of Los Angeles County where there are some lakes, banned alcohol. Water emergencies in one year went from (I think I remember) 47 to zero.

[@stevejablonski3403]

"Death from crushed testicles from playing a game at Christmas time!?" I am 52 years old and have never heard those words spoken before. I understand that the protective cup and jock strap hadn't been invented yet but the real question is "What games were they playing?"

[@MegaHoneySempai]

Steve Jablonski Various sports, mostly, including jousting and archery. And people would get VERY drunk, which increased the chance of serious injury.

[@abbiepearce5896]

Perhaps ball in a cup? 😂

[@DanceySteveYNWA]

Sac race

[@jordanhicks5131]

Drunk roughhousing could easily end in crushed testicles

[@rainyjane3442]

musical hairs :)

[@Chainshot91]

"death due to an escaped bear" Now that may have been an actual cause, bears do tend to kill people.

[@morefrecklesthansense9817]

Quite true

[@jeffkeith3654]

Dr. Lipscomb is so pleasant to watch she gets involved in the period. Dresses participates and describes in terms everyone can understand!

[@heidimiller642]

This video was chock full of helpful information. It's comforting to know that promiscuity was just as rampant in the Tudor era as it is now. The bricks in the chimneys of the Tudor era breaking due to the high heat of burning wood might explain why my mother's Day Road house chimney broke. Perhaps the man that built our chimney used the wrong kind of bricks. All the deaths by drowning help explain why so many people are afraid of the water. I've always been interested in herb gardens and old wives tale cures for illnesses. I love the section on the herb garden. Housekeeping and wifery is serious business. I can't help thinking prayer to God must work. The Tudor era was so dangerous it's a miracle more people didn't die. Thanks again for making this video.

[@vhawk1951kl]

Funny how there are brick chimneys still in England that are several hundred years old- much much older than America, and they are still removing the smoke from wood and coal to this day- mostly because they were lined with lime mortar, as I discovered with my own house they built the chimneys of the house first and built the rest of the house round them, for how else could they have been lined with mortar?

[@edwardbliss8931]

I'm currently dealing with occasional pain after having a filling re-filled and a crack filled yesterday. I'm watching this to make me feel better.

[@Ducaso]

Fantastic documentary and a fantastic narrator.

[@puppies4everthefam233]

Thank you for uploading these episodes. I’m from the USA and I am so fascinated with the history of royals. I just finished watching Reign 😊

[@cambs0181]

Reign? I watched that up to half way through the second episode before the complete historical inaccuracies made it impossible to watch any further 😅

[@Monicaerikarita]

I’m THAT person that is constantly interrupting to point out inaccuracies like an ahole…it’s like a tic, almost. But I still liked Reign, though it’s almost all fantasy. If you really want something more accurate even The Tudors was closer, but Reign isn’t. Not knocking it, though, still a fun show and I don’t think they’re really trying to make anyone think they’re being realistic.

[@a.h.1358]

“And thus the Tudors unleashed the plague of DIABEETUS upon this world.”

[@maldelus]

I always knew that there had to be daily problems in early daily life. This documentary was very revealing to me about the time.

[@spearfisherman308]

So of it is played up for dramatic effect.

[@meowsaidthecat5338]

Well, the increase of dentition problems in the 16th century CAN be true, but based on my experience with a forensic anthropology course on a population from a Dutch13th century monastery - a lot of the skulls had caries, inflammations, periodontitis. We proposed they had eaten sweet fruits like figs. Also, as archaeologists we also see an increase of (dental) illness with the onset of agriculture, i.e. moving from hunter gathering to sedentary life, so 5000-3000 BC depending where you are.

[@hamiltonfixedrider]

Excellent series !!!!! Loved watching them all when it originally aired on TV

[@JodieWithanIEOfficial]

I absolutely love this series!

[@rosesoftime5153]

same

[@anthonyfox585]

same here lol especially this episode because I love Tudor architecture

[@ruthae13]

I love Sims 4

[@colbyobxtt]

This channel is fascinating.

[@eugeniab2990]

the curly hair suits her so well!

[@bobbybigboyyes]

She has it everywhere too......

[@srobertweiser]

@bobbybigboyyes I sincerely doubt that, at least I’d like to imagine the drapes don’t have a rug to match up with.

[@NickWeissMusic]

Suzannah is a wonderfully informed, articulate presenter. I could also watch her read the phone book.

[@sarahmoviereviewer4109]

I love this series and her voice is so sootheing

[@ruthae13]

I have a sweet tooth and that beginning part got me terrified

[@shilde]

Ditto

[@mcyhanick]

I am a simple man, I see Dr Suzannah Lipscomb and I upvote

[@Acclamator55]

Needs more commercials.

[@ARaven-xf2lg]

Yes I only seen one...

[@tayanahemphill7110]

Now there's to many!

[@TIFFANYDlAS]

There were only commercials every 2 minutes I feel it was lacking tbh. One commercial a minute or what’s the point?

[@abigailkemp2410]

loo

[@abigailkemp2410]

lol

[@merediths.nelson-wolfe5577]

Very informative program. Enjoyed it immensely.

[@peggyharris3815]

Ahhhhh....the good ole days. Nostalgia time.

[@allisonoleary6695]

I LOVE when these videos talk about the use of herbs and other plants. It's so fascinating, especially when they explain how they worked in the body.

[@laurametheny1008]

Love this series and Ms L! Thank you!🤗

[@Michael_NV]

My dear! A thousand years after the Romans and many thousands behind them.

[@PongoXBongo]

Surprised they didn't make little, domestic-sized wheeled carts for hauling water, washing, etc. Or if that's too posh, perhaps a sled of some sort instead. Slap a lid on the water pail and bumps shouldn't be a problem. They seemed to have preferred working harder to working smarter.

[@nono-fb8tr]

This only works if you have a road though. Of you must go from your front door all the way to a river on what is likely a very muddy dirt path, a wagon wouldn't have worked at all. Certainly in some circumstances it may have worked, but for the most part there simple wouldn't have been a path sturdy enough to run small wheels on. A sled would be too heavy with water on it and friction simply would not have allowed it to move very efficiently at all. This of course brings the idea that you could perhaps use a horse-drawn cart with much larger wheels. However, most middle class families would have only one horse or two oxen(in the case of a small farming family in order to pull the plow and make short journeys on in the city you may not have had either) and likely not a cart more sophisticated than a flat ox-cart as those were incredibly expensive were you to buy one and incredibly time consuming (In the 1600s making a wheel was very difficult as it involved treating the wood to the point that it is pliable enough to make circular) if you were to build one. It would have taken time that the farmer did not have. TLDR; Basically, it is not as easy as it may seem to us now. Heavy water, fragile wheels on heavy carts, the surprising expense of horses, the poor roads and paths. Things improved quite a bit even just 100 years later in the 1700s when things such as wheels became easier to get, but in the case of the 1600s which is the focus of this documentary, even a hand-pulled cart was a bit of a luxury.

[@deborahfauvor4064]

@@nono-fb8tr 16th century = 1500s.

[@ajrwilde14]

they had wells nearby most of the time

[@kerrymarris4260]

Bravo Dr Lipscomb , great documentary, and delivery. Thanks again,Wonka luv.

[@PaulRudd1941]

Speaking on the chimneys, Im an HVAC technician, and the modern building codes in my area require an air-circulation unit like an energy-recover ventilator. The air inside modern homes is actually cleaner than the air breathed outside, provided you clean the filters.

[@dionpotter4035]

In Leiden in the Netherlands we have this great museum full of old medical tools. Fascinating and horrible at the same time.

[@alanbooker]

Let's face it. We are all here for Dr Suzannah. The history stuff is just a bonus.

[@queeninthenorth2912]

No.. some of us are about to think with our brains and not our genitals.

[@Ronbo710]

I LOVE Tudor homes. Low ceilings, dark woods and leather. Now everything is overly white, overly high ceilings and too damned OPEN & BRIGHT for me. And don't get me started on the stainless steel faced refrigerators that make the kitchen look like a morgue. *Tasteless Twaddle*

[@cambs0181]

High ceilings, I blame those Georgians.

[@moomyung9231]

Blame the Asians and Scandinavians for that. Asians invented minimalism and Scandinavians took it to a crazy extent.

[@jturtle5318]

Not to mention that stainless steel shows every fingerprint.

[@srobertweiser]

I used to have a fetish with Tudor homes. My crew used to think I was crazy because we would only burglarize Tudor homes.

[@eresh4084]

yes... dip your pretty parts in warm chicken's blood.. top shelf cures

[@louise-yo7kz]

Lol

[@momcat2223]

Ester LaBlanc - Thanks for the giggle, but it's actually 'privy' (as in private) parts. XD

[@Reenakharkongor]

Great knowledge about a certain time period....

[@000CherryBlossom000]

Binge watching history documentaries at 4 am. Edwardian / victorian killers be like gas, ammonium, asbestos, arsenic,.. Tudor: Sugar

[@nathaliajimenez6067]

and fire! and exploding chimneys lol

[@morefrecklesthansense9817]

Bro

[@lavenderrosecosplay5639]

This is such an interesting topic. I definitely want to watch other parts of the series.

[@blindbookworm8019]

I love these sorts of videos. I love this historical period. I’ve read and reviewed many books about this period on my channel...

[@geebee75]

A commercial what, every 3-5 minutes? C'mon, a little excessive isn't it?

[@ZennyGaming]

Watch on a Chromecast to ur tv and u get 0 ads while watching

[@Correctrix]

It has to be paid for in some way. It’s not everybody else’s fault that you’re too cheap to get KZbin Red.

[@geebee75]

I didn't say there should be NO ads. But every 3 minutes?

[@tncorgi92]

This must vary by location or something, I watched for 20 minutes straight with no ads. And with good content like this, I don't mind a few. Most of KZbin is less educational with far more ads.

[@geebee75]

Hmm, interesting. Must be regional then who knows. I have no problem with some ads, like you say. It's the every 3-5 minutes over an hour show.

[@KSun-yq1yp]

Love her documentaries! Binged all her Tudor ones!

[@stevebristow519]

Absolutely top narrator, really nails every episode..as good as Tony Robinson and historical series,

[@darnacb]

Benjamin Franklin describes in his autobiography the astonishment of the English when he took his habitual exercise of swimming. Everyone seemed very worried that he would drown. He says that he taught a number of people to swim, and claims to have introduced it as exercise and sport to England. I have always assumed this was creative bragging, but the high death toll from drowning described in this documentary seems to be corroborative evidence. Perhaps most of these people simply did not know how to swim.

[@somebloke13]

To sailors years ago drowning quickly was preferable to bring able to swim, and then dying over a longer period from exhaustion, exposure, etc. Until life boats became common on ships, death from drowning was a blessed relief. Time for leisure was also uncommon, so people didn't have time of need for swimming.

[@sissyrayself7508]

I was wondering about that too.

[@tombrunila2695]

A few years ago a Finnish author who writes historical novels set in medieval times was asked in what time period she would like to live in. She replied without hesitation "Today"! Then she was asked "Why? Would in not be nice living in the age of fair maidens and handsome lords of the castle?". "No", she said and went on. "I have only to think of such trivial health problems as toothache and appendicitis. In the age of the fair maidens and handsome lords of the castle people died because of them"!

[@pamelaevm880]

Miss lipscomb I enjoy you very much and hope more of your videos pop up

[@mfollett3613]

This interesting video was written and introduced by Doctor Suzannah Lipscomb and this was part of a series that appeared on the BBC in the UK.

[@natalijalaonar8187]

"The Middling Sort" That needs to be put on a T-shirt!

[@jillhanschen4463]

The Tudor Era wasn't a single lady.

[@nette9836]

I'm addicted to her documentaries and need more!!! :D

[@uhlillie]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1725">28:45</a> Just imagine... all you set out to do is to use the restroom but you end up dying. It's kinda funny but at the same time frightening. You could just be going along your daily life and get caught up in an accident that could cost you your life....

[@zacharycieszinski5465]

Thanks for uploading this, it's helpful for my art project

[@drainmonkeys385]

I like the Tudor style homes. Modern ones.. we have a lot of neighborhoods with Tudor style in minneapolis... without the dangers of original..

[@emmahynes7777]

When you watch this for essay inspiration and your seminar tutor is one of the people interviewed. Exeter Uni for the win

[@Maria-gd4vf]

I love this presenter so much!

[@curry67]

anyone else fall in love with suzannah by the end lol

[@RiichanTV103]

the sugar part had me lol. I work next to a cafe and they can hear my documentary I play out loud as I work and the worker there told me 'OKAY I GET IT SUGAR IS BAD MY GADDDDD' 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Luboman411]

"Death from crushed testicles from playing a game at Christmas time." Sounds like that game of nutcracker got out of hand! ;)

[@johnnydoe7846]

Don’t play games with an escaped bear around Christmas time! It might lead to death by crushed testicles 🤣

[@marcinagy6468]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2233">37:13</a> - Stuart Peachy: Gardener. That's brilliant.

[@coxhoe789]

i love theise docs but watch them because of Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb

[@JuanRamirez-wq5fv]

I watched this documentary too many times to count only because her voice is so soothing. Oh yeah the history is fascinating as well.......