Tudor Era
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008We all know that infamous scene on the first season of the Tudors where Henry is whacking off in front of several servants - one unfortunate man, in particular, is set in front of him holding a silver bowl and a towel where Henry proceeds to alleviate himself of his overabundant “seminal” humors (those of […]
Sex and Marriage During Tudor Times
Thursday, March 20th, 2008One of the most breakthrough aspects of marriage during the Tudor era was the fight for clergy to wed. In the past as I’ve detailed in previous articles, all clergy were to remain celibate. However, time and time again, the clergy were driven to the point of sin by their overwhelming biological need for sex, […]
The Importance of Herbs
Monday, March 3rd, 2008One of the most overlooked aspects of a medieval home that was so vital to the household was the herb garden. Almost every home possessed an herb garden. In poorer and middle class homes, these gardens were tended to by the wives and daughters of the family. Obviously, then wealthy had servants who tended their […]
Syphilis
Friday, February 22nd, 2008What better to follow up my posting on brothels and prostitutes than an piece on syphilis?
One of the articles I read indicated that proof of syphilis was found dating all the way back to the 13th century in the tombs of monks whose mutilated bones indicated issues caused by congenital syphilis. However, Syphilis’ first recorded […]
Brothels and Prostitutes
Thursday, February 21st, 2008As pious as the church ruled medieval times were, brothels were still in operation. In fact, they were in operation under consent of the church as they considered it a necessary evil to help fight the sins of rape and sodomy. Prostitutes were so welcomed in fact that they even were able to be absolved […]
Servants
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008The wealth of the upper class was often determined by the amount of property they had as well as the amount of servants they owned. The average upper class family owned anywhere from 100-200 servants. These servants performed specific tasks, such as the woman who cleaned the floors to the boys who hauled water to […]
Shoes
Friday, February 8th, 2008Shoes during the medieval days were very boring. They were often times made of plain leather that were either plain slide on slippers that required no fasteners or the fasteners were made of a plain toggle and loop. Men and women wore similar fashions and very little experimentation was done with stitching and decoration.
As the […]
Partlet & Detatchable Sleeves
Thursday, January 31st, 2008For those in the Tudor era who were a little too conservative to wear the low cut stomachers that all but served as a platter for displaying their pushed up bosoms, there was the partlet. A partlet was kind of like a small yoke piece that covered the shoulders and chest. This was a rectangular […]
Stomacher
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008The stomacher was an accessory that was part of the overdress - you’ll get more on the overall overdress later. Tantalizing, I know. ;) Hehehe The overdress usually was missing a large portion of the front of the gown, I’m not sure why but perhaps I’ll find out in my research of the overdress. At […]
Farthingale
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008The farthingale was actually the hoop skirt of the Tudor era. This was basically a dress that had hoops imbedded in the fabric, hence the modern day term of hoop skirt. The hoops were initially made of a green reed, but later made with willow cuttings and whale bones. Sometimes rope was […]
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