Embark on a journey to Tudor England with this self-help guide that offers engaging tips and insights for navigating the challenges of the 16th century.

Imagine you were transported back in time to Tudor England and had to start a new life there, without smartphones, internet or social media. When transport means walking or, if you’re lucky, horseback, how will you know where you are or where to go? Where will you live and where will you work? What will you eat and what shall you wear? And who can you turn to if you fall ill or are mugged in the street, or God forbid if you upset the king? In a period when execution by beheading was the fate of thousands how can you keep your head in Tudor England?

All these questions and many more are answered in this new guidebook for time-travellers: How to Survive in Tudor England. A handy self-help guide with tips and suggestions to make your visit to the 16th century much more fun, this lively and engaging book will help the reader deal with the new experiences they may encounter and the problems that might occur.

Enjoy interviews with the celebrities of the day, and learn some new words to set the mood for your time-traveling adventure. Have an exciting visit but be sure to keep this book to hand.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Chapter 1 An Introduction to How to Survive in Tudor England
  • What happened to the Plantagenets in August 1485?
  • Setting the Scene
  • A brief overview of Tudor history
• Chapter 2 Social Structure
  • Being poor
  • Dealing with the poor
  • Sturdy rogues and con-artists
  • Going abroad
  • Being a gentleman or lady
  • Money
  • London for the wealthy
• Chapter 3 Education and Employment Opportunities
  • New occupations
  • Star-gazing
  • Going to school
  • Employment opportunities without academic qualifications
• Chapter 4 Religion – A Tudor Minefield
  • The way things were before
  • Don’t speak out about what monarchs are doing
  • A Bible in English
  • Changing times
• Chapter 5 Food and Health
  • What is new on the Tudor menu?
  • Behave yourself at table
  • Caring for the family
  • New diseases
  • Remedies
• Chapter 6 The Problems of Fashion
  • Women’s dress
  • Accessories
  • The ruff – the epitome of Elizabethan fashion
  • Men’s dress
  • Footwear
  • Acts of Apparel
• Chapter 7 Home and Family
  • Henry VIII – a much-married monarch
  • Childbirth – ‘To be or not to be?’
  • Royal husbands and wannabes
• Chapter 8 Surviving at the Royal Court
  • Surviving fickle fortune
  • Surviving the plague
  • Secret agents and assassins
  • A scapegoat?
  • A playwright, an atheist and a spy
• Chapter 9 Travel
  • Travel by road
  • All at sea
  • The American dream
  • Exploring Europe
• Chapter 10 Leisure Time
  • Writing for money
  • Playing games
  • Football – England’s not-so-beautiful game
  • Music
  • Conclusion
• Notes
• List of Illustrations
• Suggested Further Reading
• Acknowledgements