Alehouses and good fellowship in early modern England

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Label

Alehouses and good fellowship in early modern England

Statement of responsibility

Mark Hailwood

Creator

• Hailwood, Mark

Subject

• Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
• Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 17th century
• Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 17th century

Language

eng

Summary

"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 cherished as a vital facilitator of what they termed "good fellowship." For them, sharing a drink in the alehouse was fundamental to the formation of social bonds, to the expression of their identity, and to the definition of communities, allegiances and friendships. Draws on a wide range of source material--from legal records and diary evidence to printed drinking songs"--

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Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Studies in early modern cultural, political and social history,

Series volume

volume 21