The World of the Tavern : Public Houses in Early Modern Europe (Hardcover)

Contents: Preface; Introductions: The world of the tavern: an introduction, Beat KA¼min and B. Ann Tlusty; Satan's servant or authorities' agent? Publicans in 18th-century Germany, Michael Frank; Public houses and their patrons in early modern Europe, Beat KA¼min; Thematic approaches: English inns, taverns, alehouses and brandy shops: the legislative framework 1495-1797, Judith Hunter; Public houses, clientelism, and faith: strategies of power in early modern Toggenburg, Fabian BrA¤ndle; Taverns in Nuremberg prints at the time of the German Reformation, Alison Stewart; Inns and taverns of western Sussex, 1550-1700: a documentary and architectural investigation, Janet Pennington; The public house and military culture in Germany, 1500-1648, B. Ann Tlusty; Regional Studies: The pre-modern hospitality trade in the Central Alpine region: the example of Tyrol, Hans Heiss; Ownership of public houses by the Swiss nobility: a regional case-study, Felix MA¼ller; Drink houses in early modern Russia, George E. Snow; The 18th-century English inn: a transient 'golden age', John Chartres; Index.