{"id":620,"date":"2026-01-13T18:46:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/?p=620"},"modified":"2026-10-11T13:19:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T12:19:58","slug":"2nd-november-2026-a-fascinating-insight-into-english-rural-life-in-the-medieval-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/?p=620","title":{"rendered":"26th October 2026  &#8211; A Fascinating insight into English Rural Life in the Medieval Period"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center add-remove-bottom-space has-larger-font-size\" style=\"text-transform:none\"><strong>ENGLISH RURAL LIFE IN THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD (1350-1500)<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center add-remove-bottom-space has-large-font-size\" style=\"text-transform:none\">Speaker: Barnaby Bucknall <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center add-remove-bottom-space\">Monday 26th October 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">(Doors open from 7:00pm)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Picture1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-629\" style=\"width:319px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman\u201d (a contemporary phrase used by John Ball during the Peasants\u2019 Revolt), represents the challenge to feudal hierarchy that was the driving force of both the Peasants\u2019 Revolt and subsequent uprisings. This will be the underlying theme of Barnaby\u2019s talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barnaby is a graduate of History from the University of York, where he focused on the Medieval period.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Bradfield Village Hall<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center add-remove-bottom-space\">Southend Road, Bradfield Southend, RG7 6EY<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">(Car parking avaliable)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">There is no entry fee, but a donation of \u00a34 per person towards expenses would be appreciated. No advance booking required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Organised by Professor Martin Parsons, Dorcas Ward, Bob Lyon, Chris Curry, Barnaby Bucknall and Gordon Patterson. For further information, contact Gordon on 07764 476361 or <a href=\"mailto:gnpatterson@btconnect.com\">gnpatterson@btconnect.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ENGLISH RURAL LIFE IN THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD (1350-1500) Speaker: Barnaby Bucknall Monday 26th October 2026 (Doors open from 7:00pm) \u201cWhen Adam delved and Eve span,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":629,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-futureevents"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Picture1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=620"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":630,"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620\/revisions\/630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}