Bacchus and Civic Order: The Culture of Drink in Early Modern Germany - Paperback
by B. Ann Tlusty (Author)
In Bacchus and Civic Order, Ann Tlusty examines the social and cultural functions served by drinking and tavern life in Germany between 1500 and 1700, challenging existing theories about urban identity, sociability, and power. Through her reconstruction of the social history of Augsburg, from beggars to council members, Tlusty also sheds light on such diverse topics as social ritual, gender and household relations, medical practice, and the concerns of civic leaders with public health and poverty. Drunkenness, dueling, and other forms of tavern comportment that may appear "disorderly" to us today turn out to be the inevitable, even desirable, result of a society functioning according to its own rules.
B. Ann Tlusty is Associate Professor of History at Bucknell University.
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