BBC - Secrets of the Castle with Ruth, Peter and Tom (2014) Part 5

Secrets of the Castle: with Ruth, Peter and Tom

Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold turn the clock back as they learn how to build a medieval castle using the same tools, techniques and materials available in the 13th century. Although Britain has some of the finest remaining castles of the medieval period, many of their secrets have been lost in time.

Part 5:

As their time in Burgundy draws to an end, the team looks at the castle's place in the wider medieval world. Peter Ginn visits nearby Vezelay Abbey to examine the influences that were shaping the stone architecture of the period, and back at Guedelon he helps build an ornate entrance to the chapel inspired by ideas from distant lands. Ruth Goodman explores how pilgrimage was a means by which anyone - regardless of class, age or gender - could travel to far-off places, while Tom Pinfold works on a new door for the kitchen. The three come together to help with one of the castle's most ambitious projects to date, a spectacular limestone window for the chapel.

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