Popular representations of the Tudors have caricatured dinners of the period as loud, gross, and lacking any polite graces. Sim, a costumed guide at Hampton Court, shows that this is hardly the case. Her lavishly illustrated account of Tudor eating habits discusses how changes in Tudor society were reflected in the food people ate and in the way food and dining were used for social display by the upwardly mobile. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Food and Feast in Tudor England

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Sim, Alison

Cooking Education & Reference

St.Martin's Press

This book provides a readable overview of Tudor food and eating habits. Chapters cover kitchens and cooking, what people drank, food and health (including Tudor ideas about healthy eating), setting the table and table manners, feasting and banquets. The author 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, was much more sophisticated than it is generally given credit for.

Sutton Pub Ltd

A costumed guide at Hampton Court Palace, Sim has written previously about Tudor England. Here she describes such activities as tournaments and pageants, reading, theater, music, dance, church festivals and the revelry that accompanied them, card games, bear-baiting, and sports. She also reviews the clothing and homes. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Pleasures & Pastimes in Tudor England

History

Europe

An attractive and accessible look at the everyday life and responsibilities of women in the sixteenth century.

The Tudor Housewife

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Sutton Publishing, Limited

Popular representations of the Tudors at table have caricatured them as loud, gross and lacking any manners. This is actually far from the case, as food and dining were used as social display by the upwardly mobile. For those with money, meals became extravagantly sophisticated, with a staggering number of courses and breathtaking table displays. Even those lower down the social scale enjoyed some of the benefits of increasing prosperity and the new markets which England's merchants exploited, bringing new foodstuffs into the country and new ideas about eating.

Food and Feast in Tudor England (Food & Feasts)

Sutton

The political and military history of the sixteenth cnetury 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 the everyday life and responsibilities of women from all levels of society in the age of Henry Viii and Elizabeth I. With chapters on marriage, childbirth and the upbringing of children, washing and cleaning, food and drink , the housewife as a doctor, women and business, and women and religion, Alison Sim reveals how women were expected to manage businesses as well as the household accounts, taken extensive personal interest in the moral welfare of their children, adminster medicine to their households and act as helpmeet to their husbands in every aspect of life.

The History Press

Although life in Tudor England was ordered in a strict hierarchy and the divisions between social classes were firmly maintained, a life of service was common for all classes, and servants were not necessarily the lowest stratum in society. At the upper levels of society the children of the wealthy would become personal attendants to royalty or to great lords or ladies as part of their upbringing. Further down the social scale apprentices were regarded as servants yet at the same time as members of the household or the family. Even more humble servants were not relegated to life behind a green baize door but shared their master and mistress's lives to a far greater degree than did many in later times. Alison Sim's new book looks at the daily reality of servant life in the Tudor period. She examines relations between servants and their masters, peering into the bedrooms, kitchens and parlours of the ordinary folk and into the more sumptuous apartments of royalty and the aristocracy. Her book both informs and entertains the modern reader and at the same time rescues from oblivion the lives and voices of the people who kept the wheels of Tudor life turning.

Masters and Servants in Tudor England

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 and attended the theater. Dancing and music were also popular, and were considered just as important as hunting and fighting for an ambitious Tudor’s social skills. Church festivals provided the perfect excuse for revelry, and christenings and weddings were, as they are today, great social occasions. Here, Alison Sim explores the full range of entertainments enjoyed at that time covering everything from card games and bear baiting to interior design.

Beginning with a general introduction that outlines the structure of Tudor society, The Tudor Housewife includes information on religion and marriage, highlighting various religious ceremonies and observances and the arrangement and celebration of marriages; childbirth and raising children, exploring attitudes to childbirth, education, and the religious and moral training of children; household duties, such as washing, cleaning, and preparing food and drink; home remedies, focusing on the medicines available to and the medical knowledge of the housewife; and the role women played in business.

McGill Queens Univ

Politics & Social Sciences

Women's Studies

McGill-Queen's University Press

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Food and Feast in Tudor England

Food and Feast in Tudor England

Pleasures & Pastimes in Tudor England

The Tudor Housewife

Food and Feast in Tudor England (Food & Feasts)

The Tudor Housewife

Masters and Servants in Tudor England

Pleasures & Pastimes in Tudor England

The Tudor Housewife

The Tudor Housewife