Historian Ian Mortimer transports viewers back to Elizabethan England and reveals, in vivid detail, a living, breathing Tudor world.
Learn how Tudor housewives turned plants into medicine, how the middle classes kept themselves clean using linen cloths, how the poor made pottage, how cooks of the rich devised recipes for new ingredients, and how Tudors learned to read and write.
Suitable for teaching history at Key Stage 3 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and at Level 3 in Scotland.
To what extent was life changing in Elizabethan England? video
Ian Mortimer takes a journey back in time to find out how life was changing in Elizabethan England.
What was life like in the court of Elizabeth I? video
Historian Ian Mortimer takes a journey back in time to find out what life was really like in the court of Elizabeth I.
What was life like for the rural poor in Elizabethan England? video
Ian Mortimer takes a journey back in time to find out what life was really like for the rural poor in Elizabethan England.
What was life like for the poor in the towns of Elizabethan England? video
Historian Dr Ian Mortimer takes a journey back in time to find out what life was really like for the poor in the towns and cities of Elizabethan England.
Who were the rich in Elizabethan England? video
Ian Mortimer takes a journey back in time to find out who were the rich in Elizabethan England.
Why was London the centre of the Elizabethan world? video
Historian Ian Mortimer takes a journey back in time to find out why London was the centre of the Elizabethan world.
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