Transcript Tudor Times - Atuttascuola

Tudor Times
There were only 4 million
people living in Tudor
England and the towns
were not very big. London
was the largest.
Tudor Towns
The Tudors built
many thousands
of new houses. A
few were grand
palaces made of
stone .
Life At Home
Most of the furniture was made of wood.
Only important people had chairs, the rest
had to sit on stools or benches. Rich
people had big wooden to make poster
beds.
Food and Drink
Most people ate well. The main part of
each meal was meat. This could be beef,
lamb, pork, rabbit, deer, goat or wildfowl,
rich people even ate swans.
Ordinary people cooked, ate and slept in
the same room. They would cook over an
open fire and would probably drink beer
or cider with each meal
Education
Schools were mainly for
rich children. Most pupils
were boys and very few
girls were educated.
Some were taught at
home by a tutor.
Pupils spent a long time
at school. After three
years at a nursery school
they moved on to a
grammar school when
they were seven.