A brief look at how monks and lords changed cheese history

Manors and monasteries in the Middle Ages were very important for the development of many of the cheeses we enjoy today. In this video, I briefly look at how the manors and monasteries came to be and what some of the cheeses they produced were.

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Sources
Kindstedt, Paul. Cheese and Culture: A History of Cheese and Its Place in Western Civilisation. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2012.
Palmer, Ned. A Cheesemonger's History of the British Isles. London: Profile Books, 2019.
Smith, R. A. L. Canterbury Cathedral Priory: A Study in Monastic Administration. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1943.

Images
Roman Empire in 54 AD (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ca... Public domain)

00:00 Introduction
01:10 The birth of manors and monasteries
03:58 Cheeses of manors and monasteries
07:19 Thanks for watching

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