Tudor Era
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008The petticoat was another item in a women’s wardrobe, though typically this was only involved in a rich women’s wardrobe. Initially, women only had on petticoat to wear. The reason for the petticoat was to give the dress the woman wore a lovely belled shape. I know I personally love ANY dress that incorporates that […]
Corsets
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008The corset was an interesting torture device that women during the Tudor era were subjected to. The ultimate goal of a corset was not to make the waist slender as it was during the Victoria era or the hold the breasts in place as it is in today’s society. The reason for the corset was […]
Chemise
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008I was thinking the other day of all the amounts of clothes that a person had to wear during the Tudor era, primarily the women. So I thought it would be very interesting to post all the different layers that they wore on my blog.
Starting first and foremost is the chemise which today is French […]
Rich vs. Poor Homes
Sunday, January 13th, 2008As you can imagine, there was a vast difference between the homes of the nobles and the homes of the poor, but what exactly were they both like? Well, let’s start with the poor since it’s probably more interesting. Usually these homes contained at most three rooms. Only half of the home was the structured […]
Tudor Walker
Friday, January 11th, 2008I was doing some research to try to find more out about Tudor education so I could post a new article (since I’ve been slacking lately!) when I stumbled upon a picture of a baby walker from the Tudor period. I’ll try to attach the picture – a true test to my computer skills… At […]
“The Tudors” Review
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008Showtimes, The Tudors series, was just released on DVD on 1/2/08. As I’d been waiting for it to come out since I heard about it, I immediately snatched it up, thrilled that it only cost about $30 - which it what Showtime would have been per month for me if I’d signed up to watch […]
Women
Monday, January 7th, 2008Since I was on the topic of marriage yesterday, it created an unplanned segway for my next topic of discussion: women in the Tudor age. Women really did have a difficult time in history. As children, they were born and raised with the knowledge that they were inferior to all males and that they were […]
Marriage
Sunday, January 6th, 2008For a period in history that was so laden with romance and sonnets, it’s surprising that so many marriages were loveless. Or perhaps that is why the romance and sonnets came about to compensate for the longing for love that seemed so unattainable (for those faithful to their spouses that is!).
Marriages among the nobles were […]
Sweating Sickness
Saturday, January 5th, 2008The sweating sickness is one of the most dangerous illnesses that spread throughout England during the Tudor period. It originally began during the reign of Henry VII in August of 1485. It struck through Europe leaving many dead and then nothing was heard of it again until 1507 when it resurfaced, though it was not […]
Head Cold
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008I’ve come down with one of those fabulous winter colds which is why I haven’t been able to post for a couple of days (combined with the holiday insanity, of course). And I began thinking to myself, if I were back in the Tudor days how could I ease my cold?
First of all, I would […]