How to Behave Badly in Renaissance Britain

Download or read book How to Behave Badly in Renaissance Britain written by Ruth Goodman and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, amongst much more, how to choose the perfect insult; why quoting Shakespeare was very poor form; and why flashing the inside of your hat could repulse someone.