What might you discover if you time-travelled to a Tudor brothel? During the early modern period ordinary English attitudes to sensuality were probably freer than in many other parts of Europe. Foreign visitors to England from the late fifteenth century to the eighteenth century noted how persons of different sexes greeted each other with a kiss on the lips. … Read More
Elizabeth Cromwell and the Female Cloth Merchants of the Tudor Era
Elizabeth Cromwell and Female Cloth Merchants during the Early Tudor Era To celebrate the republication on Thursday 25th June of Mistress Cromwell, originally published as The Woman in the Shadows, I have written this article to explain the novel’s background. Mistress Cromwell is set in London during the first three decades of the Tudor Era. Some historians, including myself, … Read More