Customs+and+MAnners

Customs and Manners of The Renaissance Manners are important and everyone needs to learn them. Good ettiquite shows education, respect, and politeness. Manners change over time and are different in many countries. First greeting each other back then was very different from today. Men would greet another man by grasping his right wrist, followed by a pat on the back with their left hand. They did this in a very suspicious way because by grasping the wrist and patting the back was to check for weapons. Another weird belief was that if men were left-handed it would be considered devilish. When women were greeting women they would grab each others shoulders and then kiss the air on each side of the check three times. But they were never, ever to touch each other’s skin. Some people still do that today though (Education). When it came to men greeting women it was very important to make a good impression. A man would bow with his right leg forward and his left leg back. He would bend at the hips, swinging his arms open while maintaining eye contact with the lady. A lady would simply curtsey while maintaining eye contact with the man (Education). It was highly unprofessional to show affection in public during the Renaissance. When a man would take a lady for a walk or anywhere he would do the following procedure: he would offer his right hand, palm facing the ground. Then the lady would gently put her left hand on his. She would always be on his right side because of two reasons. One reason being that his sword was on the left side and she would get in the way if he had to pull it out and fight. Secondly if she were on left of him, he wouldn’t defend her honor (Education).

Garldaloo was a word that would save a person from having a very disgusting, disturbing, and smelly encounter. It was used as a warning sign. Back in the Renaissance they hadn’t invented flushable toilets, so at night when people had to use the restroom, they would have a pot or some big pan and go in to the restroom in the pot or pan. Then in the morning they would open up the windows or the door and scream out the word “ Garldaloo” and toss the remains into the street. They said this word so that people would know to get out of the streets or just run into a building so the slops wouldn’t hit them (Education).

Table Manners are very important. They show that the person is very educated. Back in the Renaissance that was not the case. Good manners were to them were no spitting and no picking your teeth. People in the Renaissance had not invented eating utensils yet. That meant no forks, spoons, plates, knifes. They had to use their hands. If you think that is disgusting people who had somewhat decent table manners were considered snobs (Education).

The traditions of the Renaissance are unlike today’s manners. Any where in public there are people showing affection for each other, in the Renaissance no one hardly ever showed their feelings. That is just one way how different are two “worlds” are. Works Cited

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