NEHC 20012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ulama, Janissaries
6 Sep 2016
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Coffee was beverage in sufi gatherings: somewhat of a spiritual drink, usually at night to stay awake. Coffeehouse patrons were all men (from images we saw in class) Coffeehouses originated almost as underground operation ulema initially spoke against them, muftis denounced in fetvas. New and popular forms of popular sociability. New sites and forms of public literary activity. New circumstances to renegotiate the boundaries of prohibition and permissiveness. Half of coffeehouses operated by individuals related to janissary corps. Coffeehouse in london opened 100 years after istanbul"s (london, 1652) Coffee, tea, and chocolate considered cures, medicinal. Women in england petitioned against coffee: thought it made men sterile, thought men spent too much time in coffeehouses, social spaces, instead of at home, claimed was contributing factor to falling birthrate. Social spaces: the sweet waters of asia, the sweet waters of europe. Lady montagu: public bathhouses served as women"s coffeehouses.
