What can be learned from a 17th century American town
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- Опубліковано 30 тра 2015
- In Plymouth, Massachusetts- site of the colony built by the Mayflower passengers - Matteo Brault spends his days living a 17th-century life, along with dozens of other re-enactors on the modern-day Plimoth Plantation.
Brault works full-time as a 17th-century style blacksmith, using traditional tools like a grindstone, hand-made nails, and large bellows for making the fire hot enough for forging iron and steel. He also helps build traditional shelters.
The simplest homes in town were built using crotchets- natural forks in trees- as support for the ridgepole of the roof. The walls are built up with “wattle”- small sticks for the lattice structure- and “daub”- a mortar of clay, earth, and grasses. Instead of using the traditional English lime wash to protect the walls, the colonists took advantage of the plentiful wood in America and created clapboard siding by cleaving wood into thin boards.
For the thatch roofs, large bundles of water reed or wheat straw are woven with a giant needle by two people working in tandem (one outside and one inside). “It’s like a giant quilt made of grass,” explains Brault, “which makes a water-tight roof that essentially acts as a giant sponge. It absorbs water and laps it off.”
The Plimoth Plantation is open to visitors from March through November. The site also has a native Wampanoag homesite (we will tour in a separate video).
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"Learnt" is not a word
I think what the nostalgic don't understand is that people lived like that because the had to, not because they wanted to. They were paying their dues on the way to a better life that would include wooden floors with carpets and nice furnishings and glass windows and stoves and warm fireplaces.
The English moved to those colonies in 16th century and 17th century. They lived in those houses,not because they wanted to but because they had to start a new life in America and Massachusetts didn't have enough labor that time so,they had to build these settlements and work for a living there and earn.
My (many greats) grandfather arrived in Virginia in 1635 from Britain. I imagine he would have lived in a town like this!
Learnt is an English word. Learned is American.
This was an English Town.
No whining allowed because you don’t have a signal for your cell phones.
Thank you for the video.. This message is for Matteo......I live next to Jamestowne settlement in VA the 1st permanent English settlement in North America there are carpenters, Blacksmiths, & glass blowers practicing 17th century trades here...... I work in an 18th century re-creation....Colonial Williamsburg.... I LOVE historic trades..... we practice twenty 18th century trades in Williamsburg....I am a brass founder and pewterer. I work in the Gun shop. We make 18th century flintlock riffles & cast other brass stuff. A lot changes by the 18th century & a lot stays the same haha...You did a great interpretation it was very interesting and informative Thank You. I am a primary source kind of girl so I am looking a few cool things you schooled me on....... come see us in Williamsburg some time if you haven't already. Be sure & message me 1st so we can let you buy 1/2 price tickets. My husband & I try to let visiting tradesmen use our perks at CW.. discounts ect. SHH
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It's interesting how peoples across the world figured out similar solutions.
Not to discount the information being provided here, but thatching is not a simple and easy task as he eluded to. Thatchers in the UK spend several years as apprentices to learn the process correctly so that a roof, thatched properly, can last hundreds of years.
Thanks for sharing. My 10th great-grandfather arrived in the year 1630. Plymouth Colony is on my short-term bucket list of places to visit.
I love how he explains things, and of course the houses (its like the old Korean houes with the straw roofs as well!)!! I also love his realistic views about the life in the past, not romanticized version. Also the appriciation for both times!!
this blacksmith Matteo is on of the best speakers on the net: no emty sentences, no wrong words, no redundancies. instead many distinct terms, fluent delivery and a sense of purpose...
I've been to Plymouth plantation many times, and it never ceases to amaze me how resourceful these people were. We could learn a lot from them. My ancestors were actually on the Mayflower. The Hopkins.
Very interesting. As a child my father was a blacksmith. He also consulted at several museums where they had working blacksmiths shops. I think we can learn much from these experiences. We apply a modern standpoint and values. Most so called "primitive" cultures spend long periods growing, harvesting and making....this after all is how civilization came to be.
I once worked with an English carpenter who had a very low opinion of thatch roofs. He said they had constant problems with birds burrowing into the thatch to build nests, and thus had to cover the thatch with netting to keep the birds out.
Thank you for preserving history and providing all of us with a glimpse of what 17th century life was like. I find this fascinating !
Nice to hear a well spoken articulate young man describe things with such grace and knowledge.
All that time reenacting the past has made Mr. Brault wise beyond his years!