I love finding out more about how Tudor people viewed and did everyday things, things that we do today, so in this week's Claire Chats I'm looking at sleeping in Tudor times. I look at how sleeping was viewed, its links to health and religion, what kind of bedtime routine a Tudor person might have followed, the bed and bedding they used, how they slept, and what they used to help them sleep.
Sources and Further Reading
- Book recommendation - "Sleep in Early Modern England" by Sasha Handley
- How we used to Sleep
- Histories of Sleep
- Sleep tight! Going to bed in Medieval and Tudor England
- 7 tips from the Tudors on how to have a good night's sleep
- Sleep: why they used to do it twice a night
- Little Moreton Hall’s Sleep Remedies