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Woodsmoke and Sage

The Five Sense 1485–1603: How the Tudors Experienced the World

Amy Licence
Taking an empirical approach to the Tudor experience, Amy Licence explores the era via the five senses. While sight dominates – whether a royal portrait sent abroad to secure a marriage or changes in the landscape following enclosure – the study covers topics including how the scent of tobacco was associated with good health, the importance of music, the seasonality of food and the sheer physicality of life with only rudimentary medicine. 
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Product information:
  • Publisher: History Press
  • Year: 2021
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 384pp
  • Illustrated: Yes
  • Dimensions: 240x163mm
  • ISBN: 9780750991988
  • Condition: New
  • Weight: 0.8kg
Product code:
546254
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Traditionally history is cerebral: what did they believe, what did they think, what did they know?

Woodsmoke and Sage is not a traditional book. Using the five senses, historian Amy Licence presents a new perspective on the material culture of the past, exploring the Tudors' relationship with the fabric of their existence, from the clothes on their backs, the roofs over their heads and the food on their tables, to the wider questions of how they interpreted and presented themselves, and what they believed about life, death and beyond.

Take a journey back 500 years and experience the sixteenth century the way it was lived, through sight, sound, smell, taste and touch.
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