Levelling up in the 12th Century: How the Cistercians rebuilt Yorkshire after the Harrying
Peter Lewis
- Organisation:
- National Trust North Talks Service
- Region:
- Yorkshire & Humber
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Charity
- Fee:
- Expensed
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 11th September 2024
- Tagged:
- 1066 Norman Conquest | 12Th And 13Th Centuries | Abbeys | Yorkshire
How the Cistercians monks rebuilt the Yorkshire economy after the devastation caused by William the Conqueror's Harrying of the North. By using their skills in sheep farming, lead mining and iron working they transformed the economy - and also introduced cheese-making to Wensleydale.
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Since retiring in 2015 as a specialist in career change, Peter has volunteered as a guide at Fountains Abbey (which receives the fees for these talks). He has also presented a radio programme - a History of the World Special. The programme focusses on an object belonging to his Uncle Bryn - an oil painting of Bryn's wife. Peggy - which was painted in Auschwitz by a Jewish prisoner while Bryn, a POW at Stalag VIIIB, was there on a 6 month working party
Peter's talks reflect his interest in the history of Yorkshire, especially the Cistercian abbeys, founded from Burgundy. Their monks were instrumental in rebuilding the county after the devastation of the Harrying of the North. This has led him to explore other Burgundian links with Selby, Rotherham and Pontefract as well as writers inspired by Yorkshire's abbeys.
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