The historical understanding of historical (im)politeness

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. The historical understanding of historical (im)politeness 1
4. ‘Face’ across historical cultures 25
5. Nineteenth-century English politeness 49
6. “[T]his most unnecessary, unjust, and disgraceful war” 81
7. A socio-cognitive approach to historical politeness 103
8. From good manners to facework 131
9. “Tumbled into the dirt” 154
10. Positive and negative face as descriptive categories in the history of English 175
11. Insults, violence, and the meaning of lytegian in the Old English Battle of Maldon 195
12. Understanding Anglo-Saxon “politeness” 227
13. An evolutionary take on (im)politeness 251
14. Notes on Contributors 279
15. Index 283