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How to Behave Badly in Renaissance Britain by Goodman, Ruth is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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Historian and popular TV presenter Ruth Goodman offers up a history of offensive language, insulting gestures, insolent behaviour, brawling and scandal in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries - with practical tips on just how to horrify the neighbours. 'Ruth is the queen of living history - long may she reign!' Lucy Worsley From royalty to peasantry, every age has its bad eggs, those who break all the rules and rub everyone up the wrong way. But their niggling, anti-social and irritating ways not only tell us about what upset people, but also what mattered to them, how their society functioned and what kind of world they lived in. In this brilliantly nitty-gritty exploration of real life in the Tudor and Stuart age, you will discover: - how to choose the perfect insult, whether it be draggletail, varlet, flap, saucy fellow, strumpet, ninny-hammer or stinkard - why quoting Shakespeare was very poor form - the politics behind men kissing each other on the lips - why flashing the inside of your hat could repulse someone - the best way to mock accents, preachers, soldiers and pretty much everything else besides Ruth Goodman draws upon advice books and manuals, court cases and sermon

Who reads How to Behave Badly in Renaissance Britain?

Author

Goodman, Ruth

Publisher

Michael O'Mara Books Limited

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781782438526

Category

history

Subjects

Historical Fiction, History, Philosophy

Rating

4.3 / 5 (255 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14