Experiencing history through the Senses

How did people of the past experience their world? 

Just as you experience your reality, those who preceded us engaged all of their available senses. Their world was just as vibrant and multisensory as our own, albeit one entirely of their own time. 

Sensory History examines the role that the five senses have played in the past. While history can sometimes feel a bit one dimensional, reduced to a list of significant dates, wars, and a handful of personalities who shaped the era, the study of Sensory History offers a different perspective. 

It supplies a deeper understanding of the past through an emphasis on the physical experiences of people. And it arguably provides our best insight into how people of history experienced their multisensory lives.