Christmas in Tudor times was a period of feasting,revelry and merrymaking `to drive the cold winter away'. A carnival atmosphere presided at court,with a twelve-day-long festival of entertainments,pageants,theatre productions and `disguisings',when even the king and queen dressed up in costume to fool their courtiers.
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Throughout the festive season,all ranks of subjects were freed for a short time from everyday cares to indulge in eating,drinking,dancing and game-playing. We might assume that our modern Christmas owes much to the Victorians. In fact,as Alison Weir and Siobhan Clarke reveal in this fascinating book,many of our favourite Christmas traditions date back much further. Carol-singing,present-giving,mulled wine and mince pies were all just as popular in Tudor times,and even Father Christmas and roast turkey dinners have their origins in this period. The festival was so beloved by English people that Christmas traditions survived remarkably unchanged in this age of tumultuous religious upheaval.
Beautifully illustrated with original line drawings throughout,this enchanting compendium will fascinate anyone with an interest in Tudor life - and anyone who loves Christmas.
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9781787330641Number of pages: 192Weight: 247 gDimensions: 184 x 137 x 22 mm
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'(A) jewel of a book.'- Tracy Borman,BBC History Magazine
Alison Weir
A popular historian and novelist,British author Alison Weir is the author of non-fiction including Richard III and the Princes in the Tower,Elizabeth the Queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine: By the Wrath of God,Queen of England,Isabella: She-Wolf of France,Katherine Swynford,Queens of the Conquest and A Tudor Christmas. As a novelist,her works include Innocent Traitor,The Captive Queen,A Dangerous Inheritance and the Six Tudor Queens series. The latest novel in the sequence,Anna of Kleve,Queen of Secrets is published in May 2019.
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