Swearing: A Social History of Foul Language, Oaths and Profanity in English

A cursory introduction unlocking the word hoard - the Germanic heritage paynims and charlatans - swearing in Middle English schismatic vituperation - the Reformation creativity and suppression in the Renaissance expansion and xenophobia the reign of decorum - Augustan and Victorian attitudes Quakers to convicts - swearing in the New Worlds the modern explosion and its accompanying restraints sexuality in swearing. Appendices: body language graffiti the language of comics.