-Historic England was quite well known for its brutal punishments, such as beheading, weight drowning, burning at the stake and many more though not so serious, not life threatening, such as cutting of hands and various parts of the body which is painful but not always life threatening.
People in authority back in those days, mostly got their way. If they don't like someone, they have the ability to have them beheaded, as long as they are below them.
Back in those days, there where many beliefs, some where very strange such as, people believed that by carrying around a dead persons head, they would live longer because all the life that was left in that head would rub of on them. Some kings such as Henry the eighth used to behead his wives when he got sick of them, or they became a problem.
-Women believed that a really, really tiny waist was beautiful so they used to wear corsets, and they used to tie them really tight. Although this caused in many to .
Squash the ribs into there lungs and puncture them, which resulted in young deaths.
Climate.
-England goes through from hot to cold drastically, in the summer it ca get up to 40 degrees C, and in the winter it can get down to the minus's, along with a great amount of snow. So really you do need a winter wardrobe and a summer wardrobe because they"re amazingly different temperatures.
Corsets.
Corsets were designed to slim down the waist and enhance the bust, there usually made from many layers of material or stiffening material. They were originally tied up using ribbon or string and were general very tight, that women were quite often known to find it hard to breathe.
