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Beer in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Looking at a time when beer was often a nutritional necessity, was sometimes used as medicine, could be flavored with everything from the bark of fir trees to thyme and fresh eggs, and was consumed by men, women, and children alike, this book presents a detailed history of the business, art, and governance of brewing.
Print Book, English, 2007
1st paperback ed View all formats and editions
University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 2007
History
319 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780812219999, 0812219996
1002357757
Introduction: understanding the history of brewing
Early Medieval brewing
Urbanization and the rise of commercial brewing
Hopped beer, Hanse towns, and the origins of the trade in beer
The spread of hopped beer brewing: the northern low countries
The spread of hopped beer brewing: the southern low countries, England, and Scandinavia
The mature industry: levels of production
The mature industry: levels of consumption
The mature industry: technology
The mature industry: capital investment and innovation
Types of beer and their international exchange
Taxes and protection
Guilds, brewery workers, and work in breweries
The decline of brewing