Bacchus and Civic Order
Subtitle: The Culture of Drink in Early Modern Germany (Studies in Early Modern German History)
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: September 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780813920443
Subjects: Customs & folklore; Social & cultural anthropology; Social History; Urban communities; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; Germany; Germany - History; Manners And Customs; Social aspects; History - General History; History: World; Customs & Traditions; Europe - Germany; Drinking customs; Taverns (Inns); Augsburg; Drinking of alcoholic beverage; Drinking of alcoholic beverages; History
First sentence: WHEN THE DAY LABORER Lienhart Strobel was accused by the Augsburg city council in 1542 of allowing his daughter to practice prostitution in his house and accepting rounds of drinks from her customers in return for his compliance, he defended his honor by asserting that "he had always paid his round."