ISBN:
9781139814607
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xviii, 240 pages)
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. British & Irish history, 17th & 18th centuries
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DDC:
647.9542
Keywords:
Geschichte
;
Coffeehouses / England / History
;
Coffee / England / History
Abstract:
Coffee houses played an important role in the cultural and intellectual history of the seventeenth century. Functioning as venues where people could meet, catch up with news, transact business and discuss issues of mutual concern, they provided a valuable alternative to public houses: the absence of alcohol allowed for more serious conversation. First published in 1893, this illustrated study by Edward Forbes Robinson (fl.1890) explores the history of the English coffee house and its role in seventeenth-century social and political life. Beginning with a history of coffee itself, Robinson examines the religious traditions surrounding the beverage, moving on to discuss its medical uses and the clientele who frequented the establishments that served it. The role of the coffee house as a temperance institution is also considered. With an appendix containing a selection of contemporary texts and descriptions of coffee house tokens, this lively study remains significant to social historians
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139814607
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