SSP 152 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Gin Craze, John Calvin, Aqua Vitae

• School: Lehigh University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SSP 152
• Professor: James Mc Intosh

Document Summary

Blue: not on his study guide but you should know it. Alcohol in antiquity is beer, wine & mead no hard liquor or whiskey. Fermentation: alcohol content = 2 to 6 , wine is fermented, grape skin breaks releasing yeast & sugar. Beer was used as a medium of exchange and regarded as an important medicinal solution. A creation of the gods beer and wine were deified and offered to gods: osiris, powerful god, who controlled wine production. Along with alcohol comes control: hammurabi: 2225 bc codes of hammurabi. Medium of exchange = grain not gold. No price-cutting; no happy hours (2 for 1!) If a riot starts in your bar, you need to bring them to the palace. Nuns (or all women?) can"t drink or they"ll be set on fire: note: these laws deal with the operation of the tavern and not drunken behavior, the rules address the proprietors and women.