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Secrets of the Castle
2014 · TV series · documentary · 60 min episodes · 1 season
How do you build a medieval castle from scratch? Domestic historian Ruth Goodman and archeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold make perhaps their most ambitious foray into the past as they head to France to take part in a build that has been underway since 1997. Our intrepid history adventurers join this magnificent construction at Guédelon Castle to recreate authentic medieval castle living from within its rising walls.
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There is a great documentary series with three archeologists by the BBC about medieval castles featuring Guédelon as a real live example from around 2014. I really enjoyed watching this and highly recommend it.
https://archive.org/details/secrets-of-the-castle
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There is an excellent documentary series about it, Secrets of the Castle [1], with historian Ruth Goodman and archeologist Peter Ginn taking part in the building and upkeep. Very old-fashioned but highly rewarding stuff, as are all their series, such as Victorian Farm.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secrets_of_the_Castle