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  • The Tudor Housewife

    by Alison Sim ...
    The political and military history of the sixteenth century is well known, and much written about, but what of the thousands of women who have, for the most part, eluded the historian's pen? The Tudor Housewife aims to answer this question, providing a unique and accessible introduction to everyday life and responsibilities of women from all levels of society in the age of Henry VIII and Elizabeth ... Read more

    $10.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pleasures and Pastimes in Tudor England

    by Alison Sim ...
    How did the Tudors enjoy themselves? For the men and women of Tudor England there was, just as there is today, more to life than work. 400 years before the invention of television and radio, they did not lead boring or mundane lives. Indeed, in many ways the richness of Tudor entertainment shames us. While continuing the medieval tradition of tournament and pageantry, the Tudors also increasingly ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Masters and Servants in Tudor England

    by Alison Sim ...
    Although life in Tudor was ordered in a strict hierarchy, service was common for all classes, and servants were not necessarily the lowest stratum in society. This book looks at the servant life in the Tudor period. It examines relations between servants and their masters, peering into the bedrooms, kitchens and parlours of the ordinary folk. ... Read more

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  • Food and Feast in Tudor England

    by Alison Sim ...
    Chapters cover food and society in the sixteenth century, kitchens and cooking, what people drank, food and health (including Tudor ideas on healthy eating), setting the table and table manners, feasting and banquets. Alison Sim shows that dining habits in the sixteenth century were not the same as those of the Middle Ages and that Tudor dining, at least for the wealthier section of the population ... Read more

    $7.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Life in Tudor Palaces & Houses

    by Alison Sim ...
    Our nation is a treasury of outstanding palaces and fine merchant houses from this rich period in our past. The Tudor period is one that feels familiar to many of us with famous monarchs such as Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, but we perhaps are not as familiar with the everyday life of the era.Here we uncover what these remarkable buildings can tell us about Tudor lives and times. Alison Sim's guide ... Read more

    $5.39 USD

  • Pain Heroes

    Stories of Hope and Recovery

    by Sim Alison ...
    Pain is experienced by everyone at some point in their life. Some people experience pain that hangs around far longer than it should. This books tells the stories of people who have experienced persistent pain and recovered from it. It also gives some practical, evidence based advice on how to embrace what modern science tells us about pain in order to recover. No quick fixes or magic silver ... Read more

    $9.49 USD

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  • Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance

    by Paul Lacroix ...
    A cultural history of the Middle Ages amd Renaissance Period, focussing on various aspects of public and private everyday life of society, such as hunting, games, guilds, costumes and many more. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Life in a Medieval Castle

    by Brenda Ralph Lewis ...
    How would you feel if you woke up in a medieval castle tomorrow morning? What would your bed be like? What would you eat? What sights and smells would be around you? Whisking you back in time, this little book will show you exactly what it would be like to be there. ... Read more

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  • Anne of Cleves: Henry VIII's Discarded Bride

    Henry VIII's Discarded Bride

    by Elizabeth Norton ...
    I like her not! was the verdict of Henry VIII on meeting his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, for the first time. Anne could have said something similar on meeting Henry and, having been promised the most handsome prince in Europe, she was destined to be disappointed in the elderly and corpulent king. Henry also felt that Anne was not as she had been described, complaining that he had been sent a ... Read more

    $8.59 USD

  • A History of the Kitchen

    by David Eveleigh ...
    What were early kitchens like? How have they evolved over time? What factors have influenced their design? David Eveleigh takes you into the heart of the home and shows us why modern kitchens are the way they are. Everything you could wish to know about kitchens and their unusual history will be found with these pages. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • All the King's Cooks

    The Tudor Kitchens of King Henry VIII at Hampton Court Palace

    by Peter Brears ...
    The massive kitchens at Hampton Court were built to supply the entire household of Henry VIII. They were the first professional kitchens organised on such a scale. Brears provides a practical guide to their running, dispelling many of the misconceptions about the cooking and eating of meals in Tudor England.Including authentic recipes from the period, adapted for modern kitchens, such as Chicken ... Read more

    $14.59 USD

  • Bessie Blount: Mistress to Henry VIII

    Mistress to Henry VIII

    by Elizabeth Norton ...
    The earliest known and longest lasting mistress of Henry VIII, Bessie Blount was the kings first love. More beautiful that Anne Boleyn or any of Henrys other wives or concubines, Bessies beauty and other charms ensured that she turned heads, winning a place at court as one of Catherine of Aragons ladies. Within months she was partnering the king in dancing and she rose to be the woman with the ... Read more

    $10.59 USD