Woodsmoke and Sage
Book description
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…
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1 author picked Woodsmoke and Sage as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
What did Tudor England look, sound, or smell like?
This is an innovative work from Amy Licence, historian of women's lives. Using the five senses, she skilfully plunges readers into sixteenth-century England, letting us see, hear, smell, taste, and (almost) touch the Tudor world like we've never experienced it before.
From Sylvia's list on by Tudor historians.
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