An Abundance of Riches
Chris Carr
- Organisation:
- Briga and Friends
- Region:
- East of England
- Notice Period:
- Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
- Type:
- Professional
- Fee:
- Paid: £50 plus travel costs
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 7th November 2017
- Tagged:
- Medieval History | Food | Trade
The trade in spices in the late medieval period made a lot for money for some people. Some of the spices are well known today, some have fallen out of favour. This in an interactive talk in which the audience are invited to identify the spices.
Views: 1800 | Enquiries: 2About Chris Carr
I am a professional historian and re-enactor with an interest in many different periods of history. After taking my MA in Classical Studies with OU, I worked at Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre for over 10 years developing and delivering the Education programme before starting my own company delivering talks and workshops on a range of historical subjects. I can be seen at local, regional and national living history events including the Battles of Tewkesbury and Bosworth. I can also be seen on Modern History,tv on YouTube talking about medieval food. I have appeared as the expert in The Great British Dig episode on St Mary's grange Coventry My main interest is in social and domestic history and my talks reflect this rather than the doings of kings and politicians. I talk on subjects from the Bronze Age through to WW2.
I am prepared to travel approximately 50 miles from my home in South Lincolnshire.
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Other Talks on SpeakerNet by Chris Carr
- What the Romans Did for Us in the Kitchen
- Life on the Edge
- A Woman's Place
- Crocodile Poo and Bear Grease
- Invisible Imps
- The Wise Woman
- A Load of Rubbish
- Lady of Depyng - Margaret Beaufort on the Local stage
- Colour, Cachet & Class: Clothing in Medieval England
- No Mere Cipher
- Eating on the Ration: Food on the Home Front in WW2
- Boudicca: The Creation of Two Empires
- To Change Their Stars: The Rise Three Medieval Families
- Women's Suffrage: The Struggle for a Measure of Equality
- An Imperial Possession: The Romans in the Central Fens
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