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Alehouses and Good Fellowship in Early Modern England
Mark Hailwood
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Description for Alehouses and Good Fellowship in Early Modern England
Hardback. Representing a history of drinking 'from below', this book explores the role of the alehouse in seventeenth-century English society. Series: Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History. Num Pages: 266 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 22. Weight in Grams: 632.
Representing a history of drinking "from below", this book explores the role of the alehouse in seventeenth-century English society. This book provides a history of the alehouse between the years 1550 and 1700, the period during which it first assumed its long celebrated role as the key site for public recreation in the villages and market towns of England. In the face of considerable animosity from Church and State, the patrons of alehouses, who were drawn from a wide cross section of village society, fought for and won a central place in their communities for an institution that they ... Read more
Representing a history of drinking "from below", this book explores the role of the alehouse in seventeenth-century English society. This book provides a history of the alehouse between the years 1550 and 1700, the period during which it first assumed its long celebrated role as the key site for public recreation in the villages and market towns of England. In the face of considerable animosity from Church and State, the patrons of alehouses, who were drawn from a wide cross section of village society, fought for and won a central place in their communities for an institution that they ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
559g
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843839422
SKU
V9781843839422
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
Reviews for Alehouses and Good Fellowship in Early Modern England
In earlier times, closely studied here, in broadsides and other literature we hear much about pubs. From diary and other sources this scholar documents the legislation that governed their operation and the fellowship they created ... Extensively researched ... it contains many useful pieces of information on matters as different as law and daily life...
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