Forsyth, Mark. A Short History of Drunkenness. Viking, 2017. ISBN9780241980101. Supplied185-page PDF.
Tacitus, Priscus and Benedictine rules link wine with diplomacy, hierarchy, monastic provision and stories of political beginnings.
Mark Forsyth, A Short History of Drunkenness (Viking, 2017), chap. 9, “The Dark Ages”.
Mark Forsyth, A Short History of Drunkenness (Viking, 2017), chap. 9, “The Dark Ages”.
chap. 9, “The Dark Ages”
Forsyth, Short History of Drunkenness, chap. 9, “The Dark Ages”.
chap. 9, “The Dark Ages”
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