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A blog by Elena Maria Vidal.
Inns and alehouses were and
are one of the most important buildings in towns and villages, as they
are places to socialize, have a meal, discuss various matters of the
day, and - for some people - to get drunk. Two important elements of the
inn are food and drink. I am going to be looking at the food and drink
that was sold in 17th and 18th century inns and what travellers, who
used inns, thought of them. To do this I am going to be looking at
travel diaries, notably the diaries of Celia Fiennes, who travelled
around England in the 1690s, John Byng, who travelled around England and
Wales between 1781 and 1794 and Karl Moritz, who was German, and
travelled in 1782. (Read more.)
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Courteous comments are welcome. If a comment is not published, it may be due to a technical error. At any rate, do not take offense; it is nothing personal. Slanderous comments will not be published. Anonymity may be tolerated, but politeness is required.
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