Every age and social strata has its bad eggs, rule-breakers, and nose-thumbers. As acclaimed popular historian and author of How to Be a Victorian Ruth Goodman shows in her madcap chronicle, Elizabethan England was particularly rank with troublemakers, from snooty needlers who took aim with a cutting "thee," to lowbrow drunkards with revolting table manners. Goodman draws on advice manuals, court cases, and sermons to offer this colorfully crude portrait of offenses most foul.
Mischievous readers will delight in learning how to time your impressions for the biggest laugh, why quoting Shakespeare was poor form, and why curses hurled at women were almost always about sex (and why we shouldn't be surprised). Bringing her signature "exhilarating and contagious" enthusiasm (Boston Globe), this is a celebration of one of history's naughtiest periods, when derision was an art form.
| ISBN: | 9781631495113 |
| Publication date: | 6th December 2018 |
| Author: | Ruth Goodman |
| Publisher: | Liveright Publishing Corporation an imprint of Liveright |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 314 pages |
| Genres: |
General and world history European history History and Archaeology Social and cultural history |
Every age and social strata has its bad eggs, rule-breakers, and nose-thumbers. As acclaimed popular historian and author of How to Be a Victorian Ruth Goodman shows in her madcap chronicle, Elizabethan England was particularly rank with troublemakers, from snooty needlers who took aim with a cutting "thee," to lowbrow drunkards with revolting table manners.
How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England features in the following genres: General and world history, European history, History and Archaeology, Social and cultural history
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How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England was written by Ruth Goodman and published by Liveright Publishing Corporation an imprint of Liveright
How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England has 314 pages