Could You Make a Living in Medieval London?

Fantastic content. Could listen to Eleanor for hours. So nice and refreshing to have a subject put across with passion, but not dumbed down and sensationalised. Looking forward to further content from the Dr!

Absolutely love her enthusiasm. It's so nice to see a video about london that isnt just talking about the castles

I recently found out that my ancestors were member of the clothmakers Guild in the 18th century and had the freedom of the City of London. Come the Industrial revolution, they had to look for new professions, and then came an early death, and the three children went into an orphanage around 1816. One seems to have died, one eventually went into indentured service in Australia, and the third became a chimney sweep (my gt gt gt grandfather) and spent most of the 19th century in the poor house or prison. As she said, profound changes can happen in a very short time period.

I love listening to dr Eleanor teach history. You can tell she’s highly intelligent but is able to convey what she’s saying in an easy to understand way

My ancestors had the surname De Hallingbury and we were in the city of London for about 500 years, we were everywhere from the guilds to the high sherrif of the city of London. We even found a record of our high sherrif ancestor having to haul six of his guild member friends in front of the king for "Making merry and breaking the town" they were charged £500 each which is probably about £6 million today.

Eleanor is always top tier! One of the best

Absolutely LOVING the videos with Dr Eleanor Janega! Her narrative style is just amazing, please, make more videos with her! <3

Dr. Janega is the best! Will watch anything with her in it. Makes the history content easy to understand!

As a Londoner whose family goes back MANY generations, I never tire of hearing London's history, especially medieval. Brilliant Dr Eleanor! Liked & Subscribed

Thank you Dr Eleanor for this brilliant masterclass.

Absolutely fascinating. I had no idea that Jews were the only ones allowed to lend money at this time. No wonder there was horrendous prejudice against them, that continues to this day. Tragic.

It’s nice to see this channel grow, I love the fact it’s growing. Also there’s great content coming out!

It is wonderful to hear history from a real historian.

My family have been in the city and just to the South of London Bridge since at least the late 1600's. I have had a fascinating journey finding out about them. from relatives dying in the workhouse and on Tyburn to baptisms weddings and deaths in all the local churches including my own wedding in Southwark Cathedral. History never stops as we are making it daily. A great history video.

This just came across my page and I can’t tell you how lovely it was to learn about this and listen to Dr. Eleanor. Thank you so much for making this content available!

As a fellow historian and also as an anthropologist, I greatly appreciate your style of delivery and solid content. I will be directing my students to your work and look forward to many more fascinating and enlightening presentations. Thank you, Dr. Janega!

Dr. Janega is an expert on Medieval History and makes it engaging. Wish she had more than a few history tv episodes but I’ve found her podcast and enjoy it also.

Just to nitpick one thing, I assume she meant to say the 2nd to 3rd century AD (not BC)when Romans were building that wall because Britain didn't become a colony until under Emperor Claudius starting in the 40s AD.

love this! As an Australian with all my lineage from this part of the world, it's great to be learning about the history. I knew London was originally a Roman name, but never knew about the walls or who the Knights Templar were. Keep these great vids coming! 🤩

What a fascinating history on the Inns of Court, which I found fascinating, especially as I have visited there. The buildings in person are just stunning. I urge anyone on a trip to London to visit; there are lovely old cobbled lanes with old bookshops that are also worth a visit. This series of lectures by Dr Eleanor Janega has reignited my interest in medieval English history. It is a shame that we don't study much of this history in England as part of the curriculum. It is so important in understanding the present I find.