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Beginning at dawn with the cock's rousing crow and proceeding into either Catholic abstinence or Protestant-approved marital relations at nightfall, this charming work celebrates the ordinary lives of those who labored through the dramatic Tudor era. Goodman draws on her own hands-on experience living on a replicated Tudor farm to bring all the sights, smells, and appetites of this era to visceral, vibrant life. The Tudor period began in 1485 with the crowning of Henry VII, proceeded through Henry VIII's tumultuous reign, and ended with the death of his daughter, Elizabeth I, in 1603. It was a time of unprecedented upheaval. Henry VIII's break with Rome and establishment of a new church turned the religious rituals of everyday life upside down, as did the terror invoked under the subsequent rule of "Bloody Mary." Historians traditionally have focused on the royals, while the lives of common families ensnared within their political machinations have been largely ignored. Examining the overlooked majority with unrivaled insight and empathy, Goodman scours firsthand accounts and public records to uncover a trove of irresistible minutiae--the strictly enforced sumptuary laws, for example, required that clothing indicate class, age, profession, and even financial well-being. Goodman pants and whirls through Tudor dance steps, sleeps soundly atop rushes piled on the floor, painstakingly assembles an Elizabethan ruff, and navigates the arduous and sometimes dangerous task of plowing a field in inclement weather. Enduring each chore with her trademark wit and enthusiasm, Goodman serves as our intrepid guide to the revealing habits and intimacies of life in the time of Sir Walter Raleigh and Shakespeare.--Adapted from dust jacket.… (más)
From Amazon: "On the heels of her triumphant How to Be a Victorian, Ruth Goodman travels even further back in English history to the era closest to her heart, the dramatic period from the crowning of Henry VII to the death of Elizabeth I. A celebrated master of British social and domestic history, Ruth Goodman draws on her own adventures living in re-created Tudor conditions to serve as our intrepid guide to sixteenth-century living. Proceeding from daybreak to bedtime, this “immersive, engrossing” (Slate) work pays tribute to the lives of those who labored through the era. From using soot from candle wax as toothpaste to malting grain for homemade ale, from the gruesome sport of bear-baiting to cuckolding and cross-dressing―the madcap habits and revealing intimacies of life in the time of Shakespeare are vividly rendered for the insatiably curious."
This was a fun read---very informative! I read Goodman's, How to Be a Victorian a couple years ago and love her as a historian. This is the first book on English history I've read since getting my DNA results back and finding I'm almost 80% English. Goodman is always super thorough in her research and explanations so there was a lot of info to take in. Here are just some of the best bits:
**Rushes placed on the floor as bedding or "carpeting" may have been as hygienic as modern carpets---maybe more so.
**While I was aware that "the clothes made the man" in these times, I didn't realize the legalities involved---that it was actually illegal to dress outside one's class!
**People say that children were married so young "back in the day". I thought it was interesting to note that the average age at a first marriage was 24 for a woman and 26 for a man.
**Goodman shared an interesting take on bear baiting and how they believed it to be a good use of God's resources. The rush of blood before death was thought to tenderize the flesh of the animal; thus, allowing older animals' meat to be more nutritious.
**The most fascinating part for me was learning about their beliefs about the four body humours and how these related to digestion, order of food ingested, and who should eat what depending on something as trivial as one's hair color! ( )
I liked this book even better than How to be a Victorian -- mostly because I like the time period more, but also just for the sheer distance into history that Goodman is writing about. As usual, a delight to read, with really engaging first person stories about reenacting and how things were done. The kinds of experiences that Goodman brings to the book are so incredibly useful for understanding the time period! Finally, someone explains floor rushes in a way that I can visual and understand. Marvelous, funny, and great, great history. ( )
Author Ruth Goodman perused court records, wills, estate inventories, diaries, and other resources to examine life for common people in Tudor England. Her readable guide explores facets of daily life--household furnishings, cleanliness and hygiene, clothing, food, education, work, recreation, and sex. She treats subjects such as religion as part of the discussion for other topics. The resulting book contains social history that genealogists can utilize in constructing fuller narratives of ancestors and relatives living during this period. While several of Shakespeare's plays are mentioned throughout the book and theatre is treated in the section on recreation, the lack of mentioning Shakespeare and the Globe in that section seems a serious omission since his influence began in Elizabeth I's days and extended into the Stuart reign of James I. I found it interesting the author tried many Tudor ways of doing things prior to writing about them. ( )
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To Claire and Geoff Steeley, who taught me to truly look at the world around me
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Introduction Trying to understand the trials and tribulations of ordinary Tudor life has been my passion for the last twenty-five years.
Just before dawn the cockerels began their morning chorus and people clambered out of bed.
First in amornyng whan thou arte waken and purpose to ryse, lyfte up thy hande and blesse the, and make a sygne of the holy crosse, In nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti, Amen. In the name of the father, the sonne, and the holy gooste. And if thou say a pater noster, an Ave and a crede, and remember thy maker, thou shalt spede moch the better.
-John Fitzherbert, The Boke of Husbandry (1533)
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Whichever bed you had ended up in, it was finally time to go to sleep — lying on your right side was considered healthiest!
Beginning at dawn with the cock's rousing crow and proceeding into either Catholic abstinence or Protestant-approved marital relations at nightfall, this charming work celebrates the ordinary lives of those who labored through the dramatic Tudor era. Goodman draws on her own hands-on experience living on a replicated Tudor farm to bring all the sights, smells, and appetites of this era to visceral, vibrant life. The Tudor period began in 1485 with the crowning of Henry VII, proceeded through Henry VIII's tumultuous reign, and ended with the death of his daughter, Elizabeth I, in 1603. It was a time of unprecedented upheaval. Henry VIII's break with Rome and establishment of a new church turned the religious rituals of everyday life upside down, as did the terror invoked under the subsequent rule of "Bloody Mary." Historians traditionally have focused on the royals, while the lives of common families ensnared within their political machinations have been largely ignored. Examining the overlooked majority with unrivaled insight and empathy, Goodman scours firsthand accounts and public records to uncover a trove of irresistible minutiae--the strictly enforced sumptuary laws, for example, required that clothing indicate class, age, profession, and even financial well-being. Goodman pants and whirls through Tudor dance steps, sleeps soundly atop rushes piled on the floor, painstakingly assembles an Elizabethan ruff, and navigates the arduous and sometimes dangerous task of plowing a field in inclement weather. Enduring each chore with her trademark wit and enthusiasm, Goodman serves as our intrepid guide to the revealing habits and intimacies of life in the time of Sir Walter Raleigh and Shakespeare.--Adapted from dust jacket.
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This was a fun read---very informative! I read Goodman's, How to Be a Victorian a couple years ago and love her as a historian. This is the first book on English history I've read since getting my DNA results back and finding I'm almost 80% English. Goodman is always super thorough in her research and explanations so there was a lot of info to take in. Here are just some of the best bits:
**Rushes placed on the floor as bedding or "carpeting" may have been as hygienic as modern carpets---maybe more so.
**While I was aware that "the clothes made the man" in these times, I didn't realize the legalities involved---that it was actually illegal to dress outside one's class!
**People say that children were married so young "back in the day". I thought it was interesting to note that the average age at a first marriage was 24 for a woman and 26 for a man.
**Goodman shared an interesting take on bear baiting and how they believed it to be a good use of God's resources. The rush of blood before death was thought to tenderize the flesh of the animal; thus, allowing older animals' meat to be more nutritious.
**The most fascinating part for me was learning about their beliefs about the four body humours and how these related to digestion, order of food ingested, and who should eat what depending on something as trivial as one's hair color! (