tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33352276.post5583750356703575798..comments2024-01-27T10:15:00.444+00:00Comments on The Attic: Henry VIII re-assessedThe Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15418156698058196228noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33352276.post-8657207942831320352009-02-05T11:22:00.000+00:002009-02-05T11:22:00.000+00:00I'm always dubious about the apparent consentious ...I'm always dubious about the apparent consentious over how small everyone was in the past, after all I am sure they have not conducted an extensive measurement of everyone! It was apparently after the Industrial Revolution that the average height began to drop because of bad working conditions, overcrowding and poor food produced by manufacturers who filled their food with rubbish to bulk it up. So not much different from today then! But it is perfectly reasonable to assume I think that before the 19th century people were probably the same height on average as today. And to be honest people over 6 foot are still quite rare, I knew five people at University over that height but none since I came to live in Leicester.Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05607190124293660893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33352276.post-72093117107856750982009-02-05T10:28:00.000+00:002009-02-05T10:28:00.000+00:00Yeah - I'm surprised too. I was saying to Ceri th...Yeah - I'm surprised too. I was saying to Ceri the other day how I'd always imagined him to be really short - an image formed from seeing his armour at the Tower of London. We decided that he wasn't that short, but was probably as wide as he was tall, creating the illusion of 'stoutness'. Or, something like that. Anyway, I think I'll hang onto my nineteenth century image of Henry VIII thanks very much. You know, enormously fat, clasping a chicken leg in one hand and a buxom wench in the other. Or, his spectre at Cambridge - seen by Prince Charles no less - moaning and dragging his gouty leg behind him.The Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15418156698058196228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33352276.post-20506955908848184962009-02-05T05:02:00.000+00:002009-02-05T05:02:00.000+00:006'1"?? He really was enormous for the day! Must ha...6'1"?? He really was enormous for the day! Must have been an impressive sight, what with all the fine linen and jewels and velvets on his doublet and codpiece, eh?Dr Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03137076061031307574noreply@blogger.com