The Tudors had none of the comforts that we have today, computers, TVs, clean water etc.
90% of England were farmers so England was a farming country.
Tudor toilets were called privies. They were a piece of wood over a bowl. You would wipe your bottom with leaves or moss. The rich would use lamb's wool. In palaces and castles which had moats, the toilets would be holes above the moat and your waste would drop through the air into the water.
The rich Tudors wore much nicer clothes than the poor Tudors. They also had nicer homes and ate more meat. Fruit and vegetables were considered to be for peasants so they ate meat, fish and wine.
The poor worked hard and struggled to survive. They worked six days a week and their only days off were for praying and bank holidays. They ate horrible grey bread and used vegetables to make soups. Some poor people kept goats, cows and chickens for milk, butter and eggs. They had better diets than the rich as they ate more vegetables.
I got this information from http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/tudors/dailylife.htm.
90% of England were farmers so England was a farming country.
Tudor toilets were called privies. They were a piece of wood over a bowl. You would wipe your bottom with leaves or moss. The rich would use lamb's wool. In palaces and castles which had moats, the toilets would be holes above the moat and your waste would drop through the air into the water.
The rich Tudors wore much nicer clothes than the poor Tudors. They also had nicer homes and ate more meat. Fruit and vegetables were considered to be for peasants so they ate meat, fish and wine.
The poor worked hard and struggled to survive. They worked six days a week and their only days off were for praying and bank holidays. They ate horrible grey bread and used vegetables to make soups. Some poor people kept goats, cows and chickens for milk, butter and eggs. They had better diets than the rich as they ate more vegetables.
I got this information from http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/tudors/dailylife.htm.