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Human history: Handshaking horrors explained
Penelope J. Corfield, from Royal Holloway, University of London, offers an intriguing examination of the perils of shaking hands in human history.
![‘Two Merchants Shaking Hands’ (c.1776), engraved by Thomas Bewick. [British Museum Prints & Drawings, no: 1882,0311.3998]](https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/handshake-image-218x150.jpg "Human history: A socio-cultural examination of handshaking")
Human history: A socio-cultural examination of handshaking
Penelope J. Corfield, from Royal Holloway, University of London, offers an intriguing exploration of the social and cultural significance of handshaking throughout human history.
Penelope J Corfield – eighteenth – and nineteenth-century British history
Penelope J. Corfield is a London-based historian, who specialises in eighteenth - and nineteenth-century British history, whilst simultaneously exploring long-term patterns in global history.
