How to behave badly in Elizabethan England : a guide for knaves, fools, harlots, cuckolds, drunkards, liars, thieves, and braggarts

Title:

Author:

Goodman, Ruth, 1963-

Personal Author:

Goodman, Ruth, 1963-

Publication Information:

New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, A Division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2018.

Edition:

First American edition.

ISBNF:

9781631495113

Physical Description:

314 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Abstract:

Draws on advice manuals, court cases, and sermons to illustrate the social mores of the Elizabethan Era.

Contents:

Offensive speech -- Insolent, rude and threatening gestures -- Mockery -- Outright violence -- Disgusting habits -- Repulsive bodies -- The complete scoundrel.

Subject Term:

Etiquette -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century.

Geographic Term:

Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 16th century.

General Note:

"First published in Great Britain under the title HOW TO BEHAVE BADLY IN RENAISSANCE BRITAIN."

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