Ruth Goodman (born 5 October 1963[1][2]) is a British freelance historian of the early modern period, specialising in offering advice to museums and heritage attractions.

[23] Their daughter Eve works on historic clothing and fashions and has appeared on television, sometimes alongside her mother.

[24] Goodman was awarded an honorary degree in 2012 by Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln, for her contribution to history education.

[25] As a result of her social history research, she has stopped using detergents in her washing machine, never eats factory farmed food and sometimes cooks on an open wood fire.

[3] For a period of three months she followed a Tudor body cleansing regime, and no-one complained or noticed a smell.