An illustrated study of the everyday life and responsibilities of the Tudor housewife, which provides a general introduction to the structure of Tudor society, with chapters on marriage, childbirth, bringing up children, women and religion, and women and business.
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Alison Sim is a freelance historian specialising in Tudor Housewifery skills. She has been featured on a number of Channel 4 history programmes, including Time Team, and has also written Pleasures and Pastimes in Tudor England for The History Press.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By NHinLondon
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Interesting text, with plenty of fascinating detail about the lives of women in the 15th and 16th centuries, but it's a real shame that the publisher did not include any of the images from the print edition. It's frustrating to read text that says, for instance, 'see plate xx' or 'see reproduction of original, without actually being able to see the images referred to. I realise that Kindle isn't exactly set up for images, but nevertheless some publishers make a reasonable fist of including them in their Kindle editions - and when viewed on an iPad rather than the Amazon Kindle, images are reproduced perfectly well. So why leave them out?
Publishers should start to pay more attention to the details when publishing Kindle editions. And Amazon should be applying pressure to get them to do so.
Publishers should start to pay more attention to the details when publishing Kindle editions. And Amazon should be applying pressure to get them to do so.
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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I read one of Alison Sim's Tudor books and enjoyed it so much bought the other two I could find.
This is an accessible and yet detailed book that gives a view into the society that doesn't fill the famous histories, that of women. Well worth a read if you have a general interest in history. A definite read if you are interested in Tudor times.
Women may have had limited life options compared today, but not as restrictive as it would seem. Running households, like anytime in history, is like running a business and in some cases women were running major businesses and making significant decisions financial and political. I will be rereading it soon.
This is an accessible and yet detailed book that gives a view into the society that doesn't fill the famous histories, that of women. Well worth a read if you have a general interest in history. A definite read if you are interested in Tudor times.
Women may have had limited life options compared today, but not as restrictive as it would seem. Running households, like anytime in history, is like running a business and in some cases women were running major businesses and making significant decisions financial and political. I will be rereading it soon.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Taryn East
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Readable and fascinating look at the various aspects of the life of women in the Tudor period. From child-bearing to education, running businesses to being a good, religious women... this book takes you through what we know of how women lived during this time. When I picked it up I feared it would be yet another dry, academic tome, but it was surprisingly readable. Worth a look if this is a topic of interest to you.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Dry and drawn out.
I have read a lot of academic history texts so I am used to the rather dry writing style but unlike the ones I read, this was pretty useless as an academic piece of work. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Miss Johnston
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very pleased I purchased this.
I was looking for something else when I stumbled across this and purchased it, and I'm very pleased I did.
Interesting insight into a different way of life / living.
Interesting insight into a different way of life / living.
Published 2 months ago by Tinks122y
4.0 out of 5 stars
Loads of interesting stuff
this book has lots of info about how households were run, the kind of education women had, how their daily lives were. Read more
Published 4 months ago by A. Garrod
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing account of potentially interesting subject...
The Tudor Housewife claims to unveil the details of everyday life and the responsibilities of women from all levels of society in the age of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. Read more
Published 5 months ago by madaboutbooks
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent absorbing read
At last an author who realises "ordinary women" and their lives are interesting and relatable to the modern woman,they cook , they clean and look after the family whilst... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Barbara Hutt
3.0 out of 5 stars
A not very informative Tudor housewife
This book really did not live up to its hype.It could have gone into the subject in a lot more depth.Perhaps I expected too much.
Published 6 months ago by Heather Keen
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent general study
This is a very good overview of the life of women in Tudor times. For me the author gets the tone just right - neither too academic, nor too simplistic, she brings her subject to... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Simon Binning
5.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable
I love the Tudor era and I did enjoy this book.
It was very informative and written in an easy to read style.
Very good. Read more
It was very informative and written in an easy to read style.
Very good. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Julieb
5.0 out of 5 stars
love the tudors
An excellent insight to Tudor life amongst the ordinary people we re so used to the royals and their lives that we tend to forget the incredible hardships of those times that we... Read more
Published 8 months ago by ken
1.0 out of 5 stars
Sorry but not one to chill out with!
This is a good reference book for research into tudor times.
It is not novel by any stretch of the imagination. Read more
It is not novel by any stretch of the imagination. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Charlie
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