Лучшие книги Рут Гудман

Как жили и работали, что ели, чем лечились, на чем ездили, во что одевались и как развлекались обычные англичане ушедших эпох? Каково было готовить на угле, пить пиво на завтрак, чистить зубы толченой костью каракатицы, ездить на работу в конном омнибусе и трудиться по дому в корсете? Книга авторитетного британского историка, основанная на солидном документальном…

Как жили и работали, что ели, чем лечились, на чем ездили, что носили и как развлекались обычные англичане много лет назад? Авторитетный британский историк отправляется в путешествие по драматической эпохе, представленной периодом от коронации Генриха VII до смерти Елизаветы I. Опираясь как на солидные документальные источники, так и на собственный опыт реконструкции исторических условий, автор знакомит с многочисленными аспектами повседневной жизни в XVI веке — от гигиенических процедур до особенностей питания, от занятий, связанных с тяжелым физическим трудом, до проблем образования и воспитания и многих других. Снабженная рядом черно-белых и цветных иллюстраций книга представляет собой яркую коллекцию удивительных обычаев, привычек и деталей частной жизни англичан в период правления Тюдоров.

«Конечно, мне интересны и другие исторические периоды, но по-настоящему мое сердце принадлежит середине правления Елизаветы I. С одной стороны, меня восхищает “инаковость” мышления эпохи Тюдоров, с другой — занимают его отголоски, проникшие в современную жизнь... Это сложное время, ознаменованное несколькими значительными поворотами в британской истории. Моя книга стала итогом стремления понять быт, мысли и заботы современников этой эпохи». (Рут Гудман)

В каждой эпохе среди правителей и простых людей всегда попадались провокаторы и подлецы - те, кто нарушал правила и показывал людям дурной пример. И, по мнению автора, именно их поведение дает ключ к пониманию того, как функционирует наше общество. Эта книга - блестящее и увлекательное исследование мира эпохи Тюдоров и Стюартов, в котором вы найдете ответы на самые…

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!

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.

Ruth Goodman and Peter Ginn have become familiar faces on BBC2 after their hugely popular and immersive time-travelling experiments, Victorian, Edwardian and Wartime Farm. But for their fourth series, and our accompanying book, they have joined forces with Tom Pinfold to take on their biggest challenge yet: going back to Tudor England to endure the harsh realities of working for an Abbey Farm. Peter, Ruth and Tom are trained historians, driven by new research and discovery. They are passionate about bringing period details to life, and they do that for us by comprehensively inhabiting the era for months, using only materials, tools and technology available at the time, to earn their living, celebrate their holidays, clothe and feed themselves and their families. Follow them as they discover how to build a pigsty, brew their own ale, forge their own machinery and keep a Tudor household. Scrupulously researched, totally authentic and with its own contemporary narrative playing out within an accurate reconstruction of Tudor England, this is a fantastic glimpse into history, as it was lived. This is set to be Peter, Ruth and Tom’s most ambitious historical assignment yet.

We know what life was like for Victoria and Albert. But what was it like for a commoner - like you or me?
How did it feel to cook with coal and wash with tea leaves? Drink beer for breakfast and clean your teeth with cuttlefish? Catch the omnibus to work and do the laundry in your corset?
How to be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman is a radical new approach to history; a journey back in time more personal than anything before. Moving through the rhythm of the day, this astonishing guide illuminates the overlapping worlds of health, sex, fashion, food, school, work and play. Surviving everyday life came down to the gritty details, the small necessities and tricks of living and Ruth will show you how.
If you liked A Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England or 1000 Years of Annoying the French, you will love this book.