This made me think of all the ârules of etiquetteâ that my parents and grandparents generation always tried to drill into us but when we asked âwhy?â all they could answer was âbecause itâs politeâ
So I looked up how these rules got started
-Donât wear a hat inside: Medieval knights were more vulnerable if they removed their helmets. Because of this, removing it in a church or in the presence of royalty felt like a respectful act of humility. Itâs rude to wear a hat indoors because 1500 years ago some soldiers wanted to show God and King that they trusted them not to stab them in the head
-Donât put your elbows on the table: In the middle ages European royalty didnât have dining tables in their banquet halls, they used a long board balanced on trestles and covered it with a table cloth. If you leaned on the table it would unbalance and topple. People are still telling kids not to put their elbows on the table because 1500 years ago some nobles didnât want to be embarrassed by knocking over a make-shift table and ruining a feast
-Men should pull out a womanâs chair for her: There were several periods in Western history when fashion for high society women was so restrictive that they literally couldnât bend over when dressed for dinner. Men are told itâs polite to pull out a womanâs chair because women used to have to wear clothing that made it impossible to do that herself
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