What did medieval and Tudor people do on Christmas Eve? What were the traditions associated with this day?
Find out in this short video…
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24 December – Tudor Christmas Eve traditions
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23 December – What meat did the Tudors enjoy on Christmas Day?
Turkey is popular in the UK at Christmas, but what meats did the Tudors enjoy on Christmas Day?
Find out in this short video…
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22 December – How to avoid goblins
How can you avoid goblins in your house?
Well, it’s all to do with when you take down your Christmas decorations…
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21 December – Tudor ale
Ale was the staple drink of the medieval and Tudor periods, but how was it made?
Find out more in this video…
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20 December – Tudor drinks for the Twelve Days of Christmas
What kinds of drinks would the Tudors have enjoyed over the Twelve Days of Christmas?
Find out in this short video…
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19 December – Tricky British place names and surnames
Just how do you pronounce Belvoir or Cholmondeley?
Well, not as you’d think!
Hear some examples rather counter-intuitive pronunciations in today’s video.
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18 December – Elizabethan courtiers dyed their hair and beards red
Elizabethan courtiers paid tribute to their queen, Elizabeth I, by dyeing their hair and beards red.
However, the recipe they used for the dye may not have been at all safe!
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17 December – How the Tudors cheated during Advent and Lent
Advent and Lent were fasting periods, times when a medieval and Tudor person was supposed to abstain from eating meat.
However, the Tudors did get rather creative and cheated.
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16 December – Find out about Hatch, the Mary Rose’s dog
Henry VIII’s flagship, the Mary Rose, sank in 1545 with her crew and the ship’s dog, Hatch.
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15 December – How did Tudor people care for their hair?
How did Tudor people care for their hair? Did the Tudors wash their hair? Did they use shampoo?
Let me explain a bit about Tudor haircare…
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14 December – How did Tudor people go to the bathroom?
How did Tudor people go to the bathroom? What were Tudor toilet facilities like?
Find out in this short video…
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13 December – Some silly Tudor accidental deaths
It’s very interesting looking at causes of death in the Tudor period, morbid but interesting. Sometimes, I’m surprised by the silly accidents that Tudor people, and I share some of those in this short video…
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12 December – Keeping your teeth clean Tudor style
Today, we have toothpaste, mouthwash, floss and all sorts of gadgets to help us keep pour teeth clean and healthy, but how did the Tudors clean their teeth?
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11 December – The Prince in the Tower and his bride
Today is the anniversary of the discovery of the remains of Anne Mowbray in 1964. Anne was the bride of Richard, Duke of York, the younger of the Princes in the Tower, and her story is fascinating.
Find out more about her in this video…
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10 December – Did Tudor people care about hygiene?
How did Tudor people clean and care for their bodies, and were they really dirty and smelly?
Find out in this short video…
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9 December – Tudor underwear
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8 December – Ivan the Terrible and Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth I and the Russian leader Ivan the Terrible had a rather volatile relationship. Find out more about it in this short video…
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7 December – Tudor cats
In today’s Advent treat, I’m sharing a Teasel’s Tudor Trivia video about a tradition today that goes back to Cardinal Wolsey’s time, in the reign of King Henry VIII, and which concerns cats.
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6 December – The Bisley Boy Legend
For today’s Advent treat, I thought I’d share this Teasel’s Tudor Trivia video about a very strange legend concerning Elizabeth I – The Bisley Boy Legend.
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5 December – A near-drowning for Henry VIII!
In “The Tudors” series, Henry VIII had a rather nasty accident and nearly drowned. This actually happened while the king was oput hawking in 1525.
Let me tell you more about it.
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4 December – King Henry VIII’s dogs
Did you know that Henry VIII was a dog-lover?
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3 December – Tudor remedies
Medieval and Tudor people had some rather interesting remedies for common ailments, so, as today’s Advent treat, I thought I’d share these resources with you on Tudor medicine and remedies.
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2 December – Henry VIII’s spectacles
For today’s Advent treat, I’m sharing this Teasel’s Tudor Trivia video from a few years ago. It’s about Henry VIII and what he used to help him read as his eyesight worsened with age.
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1 December – Tudor dogs
A few years ago I did a virtual Advent calendar on YouTube with the help of my canine friend, Teasel. We shared Tudor trivia each day and I thought it would be good to share these videos again this year.
1st December is all about Tudor dogs…
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