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Ruth Goodman

How to Behave Badly in Renaissance Britain

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Imprint: O'Mara Books

Publication date: 03/09/2020

ISBN: 9781789292664

Subject: Non-Fiction

Category: Science - History - Philosophy

Binding: Paperback

Size: 198 x 129 mm

Extent: 368 pages

Illustration: black and white illustrations throughout

Territorial Rights: World (All Languages)

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Summary:

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
– 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 sermons, drama and imagery to outline bad behaviour from the gauche to the galling, the subtle to the outrageous. It is a celebration of drunkards, scolds, harridans and cross dressers in a time when calling a man a fool could get someone killed, and cursing wasn’t just rude, it worked!

‘Ruth is the queen of living history – long may she reign!’ Lucy Worsley

Sales points:

  • Ruth Goodman is a social historian and TV broadcaster/presenter

  • A TV regular, Ruth has appeared on some of BBC2’s most successful shows, including Victorian Farm, Edwardian Farm, Wartime Farm, Tudor Monastery Farm and Inside the Food Factory. She is also a regular presenter on The One Show

  • As well as the books accompanying her many series, she has written the critically acclaimed How to be a Victorian, How to be a Tudor and The Domestic Revolution

  • Contains 100 black and white images throughout the text

  • Praise for How to Behave Badly in Renaissance Britain *’Impeccable… [Goodman’s] research is as comprehensive as the advice she metes out to those wishing to emulate the bad behaviour of their ancestors’ – Tracy Borman, BBC History Magazine *’Entertaining’ – History Revealed Magazine *’This is a masterclass of bad behaviour… a lively romp through early modern British social history’ – Who Do You Think You Are Magazine

About the Author:

Ruth Goodman

Ruth Goodman is a social historian and has presented a number of BBC series, including Victorian Farm, Wartime Farm, Tudor Monastery Farm and, most recently, Full Steam Ahead. She is also a regular expert presenter on The One Show. As well as the books accompanying her many series, she has written the critically acclaimed How to be a Victorian and How to be a Tudor and The Domestic Revolution. Ruth will be available for PR.