Project Gutenberg 2014-10-26 Public domain in the USA. 176 French, Richard Valpy Nineteen Centuries of Drink in England: A History 19 Centuries of Drink in England: A History Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Nineteen Centuries of Drink in England: A History" by Richard Valpy French is a historical account likely written in the late 19th century. The work explores the evolution and role of alcoholic beverages in English society, examining customs, drinking vessels, and the regulation of alcohol consumption by both Church and State over the centuries. It aims to provide a comprehensive overview of how drink has influenced national life and customs throughout English history. The opening of this historical account introduces the author's objective of tracing the impact of alcoholic beverages on English culture from ancient Roman times. French references various ancient historians to paint a picture of pre-Roman Britain, detailing the dietary habits and early drinks such as mead and ale. He discusses the introduction of wine and the consequent changes in drinking customs due to Roman influences, emphasizing how drinking became intertwined with social practices and governance. The groundwork set here establishes the significance of drink as a cultural constant, shaping both individual and communal identities in England. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en England -- Social life and customs Drinking customs -- England Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Great Britain GT Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Drugs/Alcohol/Pharmacology Browsing: History - General 1004700 1004709 2024-09-19T15:59:22.552542 2023-09-20T11:58:16.969246 text/html text/html 1015192 2014-10-26T15:12:18 text/html; charset=utf-8 413313 2014-10-26T15:13:48 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 441832 2024-09-19T15:59:43.721410 application/epub+zip 457711 2024-09-19T15:59:27.010537 application/epub+zip 445645 2024-09-19T15:59:24.750492 application/epub+zip 750658 2024-09-19T15:59:53.178397 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 694295 2024-09-19T15:59:40.479454 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 682416 2022-09-21T12:33:15.732920 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 798745 2024-09-19T15:59:19.088515 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 804293 2014-10-26T15:12:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 318649 2014-10-26T15:13:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 798823 2014-10-26T15:13:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 317448 2014-10-26T15:13:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 798915 2014-10-26T15:13:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 317229 2014-10-26T15:13:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21743 2024-09-19T15:59:53.412393 application/rdf+xml 13561 2024-09-19T15:59:25.036483 image/jpeg 2383 2024-09-19T15:59:24.865481 image/jpeg 408545 2024-09-19T15:59:22.630514 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog