When you visit the ruins of abbeys and priories today, it can be hard to imagine that these places were once teeming with people \u2013 and not just monks and nuns, with an army of workers employed to keep them running smoothly.\n\nWe\u2019re joined by Senior Properties Historian Dr Michael Carter to look back at working life at England\u2019s medieval monasteries and discuss the role and importance of servants in their stories.\n\nTo find out more about our abbeys and priories, go to www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/monasteries-and-abbeys\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices