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Welcome to the History Extra podcast, fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC History Magazine.

When we think of the Tudor period, we're all familiar with the kings, the queens, the beheadings.

But what part of the people who didn't make it into the history books? What did

ordinary tuders eat and drink on a daily basis, for example? How did they keep themselves

clean without baths and showers? And what surprising beliefs did they hold about sex, religion and

childhood? Well, in this episode, this social historian and broadcaster Ruth Goodman joins Rachel Dining

to discuss what day-to-day existence was really like for most people in the 16th century.

Ruth is the presenter of a new History Extra Academy exploring this subject in much more detail.

Episodes 1 to 3 are out now, available in the History Extra app.

And if you head to the description of this episode, you can find a link to download the app and start watching now.

So welcome, Ruth, to the History Extra podcast. It's great to have you on today.

Today we're talking about the Tudors and you've spent so much time living and breathing Tudor history

quite literally in some cases. So my first question I want to ask you today is what drew you to this

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