Public Drinking in the Early Modern World - Voices from the Tavern, 1500-1800 (Hardcover)

A wide-ranging collection of primary sources which uncover the language and behaviour of local and state authorities, of peasants and town-dwellers, and of drinking companions and irate wives. The documents are translated and set in their social and historical context, providing a multidisciplinary collection that will be of great importance to scholars of all areas of social and cultural history of the early modern period. The vast majority of this material is published here for the first time. Vol 1 - Parisian police archives - inspectors' reports, complaints by the general public and details of court cases in early modern France. Vol 2 & 3 - Holy Roman Empire chronicles, civic ordinances, court records, travel reports and surveys of public houses. Vol 4 - America's public houses - pictures, journal entries, business reports and newspaper articles. Vol 5 - early modern England legal documents. Each volume has introductions and comprehensive annotation.