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The Tudor Housewife

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As an historical romance novelist, Alison Sim's book "The Tudor Housewife" has finally given me the details I need for my fiction writing. The book covers so many aspects of life during the Renaissance period, from relationships and marriage to housekeeping to raising children to the role a woman has in the household and to her family. Additionally, this insight has a smattering of information that lets the reader/researcher know about these roles and duties in the various levels of class. Most history books give a 50,000 foot view of life in general as it pertains to the time-period under study. Sim lets us through the front door and gives us a ground-level tour of daily life; and though it doesn't go into a minute-by-minute account of these happenings, it DOES provide a wonderful springboard for direction on further research. I have been able to uncover more information in my further research based on what Sim provided in her text. Highly recommended!!

The Tudor Housewife accomplishes the often difficult task of making a book both informative and readable. Primary Source Material and sources are well cited, and topics are addressed well. Highly recommended for Tudor & Womens History buffs.