Good manners have always been considered a distinctive feature of civilized people. Why is etiquette invariably present in any society and how are its attitudes formed? How have the most important behavioral norms changed in different centuries? Were the demands of adherents of good manners always adequate? What incidents happened to them in the Middle Ages and in the very recent past? An educational, useful and funny book by Finnish writers and researchers Ari Turunen and Markus Partanen provides answers to these and many other questions about historical norms of behavior in society.