HIST 3109 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Gruit, Penitential, Terroir
13 May 2017
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Lecture 3: alcohol in medieval society (1000 to about 1500) Population growth from about 1000-1350, after this the plague killing a bunch of people, and then the population went up at 1500 then stayed the same and went up again in 1720 (europe) Deaths, births, immigration (in or out), effected the population. 1000-1500 is a time of growth, decline, and stabilization. Increasing demand for food, drink, land, clothing, etc. This increased the productive demand and became dependent. Increase in production of food (alc) was needed to sustain the population. Climate change from 1000: agriculture: 1300 is a period of warming. Monday, january 23, 2017: urban economy made a demand for the breweries. Emergent alcohol industry : alcohol began to be taxed, theres a gender shift in beer production. It used to be dominated by women but became to men by coming out the house production and into commercial production.
