This book examines drinking and attitudes to alcohol consumption in late medieval and early modern England, France, and Italy, especially as they related to sexual and violent behavior and to gender relations.
A. LYNN MARTIN is Reader in History at the University of Adelaide, South Australia, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. He is the author of three books and his articles have appeared in several journals.
List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction Women and Alcohol Sex and Alcohol Alehouses, Taverns, and Prostitutes Sexual Encounters Unruly Women and Violent Men Husbands and Wives Conclusion Bibliography Index