What would it have been like to live in an English village 400 years ago?

In a four-part podcast, @markhailwood.bsky.social asks whether everyday life in English villages in the 17th Century was really as uncomfortable and harsh as we generally tend to think...

https://history.org.uk/podcasts/categories/433/podcast/703/everyday-life-in-a-17th-century-english-village-ep