History of Insults

So, as I am chasing links to find info, etc. to possibly use in my "epic novel" (aka wasting time), I happened across this article:

"On Michaelmas Eve, 1544, two women came to blows in the open street in Winchester.

We know who they were. We know the approximate time (two in the afternoon), and we know there were plenty of witnesses. We also know exactly where the fight took place, for when the case came to court, the brawl was described as happening in the High Street, ‘under the Pentice’.

The Pentice is still there – a covered walkway in the centre of town, on the High Street, with some surviving Tudor-era buildings. Basically, the fight took place just outside Boots."

That is a direct quote from the article, and you can find the link here:

https:// thesocialhistorian.wordpress.com /2016/07/21/ the-foulest-place-of-mine-arse-is-fairer-than-thy-face/