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Why Do We Love Pubs?
How did the pub become so central to British culture?
How did the pub become so central to British culture?
Ben Henderson and Alice Loxton reveal how women ran medieval alehouses, how the Reformation led to a golden age of boozers, and how competition from gin produced the iconic Victorian pub.
Key Sources:
Dr Paul Jennings - The Local: A History of the English Pub.
Dr James Wright.
Dr Peter Clark.
Dr Mark Hailwood - Alehouses and Good Fellowship in Early Modern England.
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