From courtesy to civility

Description:

What counted as good and bad manners in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? Anna Bryson explores what is often entertaining evidence for Tudor and Stuart ideas of bodily decency and decorum, table manners and polite conversation, and also shows the crucial importance of the values of "courtesy" and "civility" in an aristocratic society.

subjects: Etiquette,  History,  Social life and customs,  World history,  England,  17th century british history - general & miscellaneous,  British history - social aspects,  1485-1603 - tudor dynasty - british history

Places: England

Times: 17th century,  16th century