Does anybody on the list know of any recent work on the history of taverns or drinking in the Dutch Republic, that is to say the 17th and 18th centuries. I know Hermesdorf’s “De Herberg in de Nederlanden” (Assen, 1957), but that largely deals with the 14th-16th centuries, and only occasionally veers into the 17th. Jansen’s once much cited “De Eeuwige Kroeg” (Meppel, 1976) actually contains very little on the Netherlands as such, but deals with the phenomenon of drinking places in Europe in a general way from antiquity to the 20th century. There is a lengthy two-part article on “Oud-Rotterdamsch Kroegleven” (1944-45), which is the only work specifically dedicated to this topic that I know of. Of course, many modern Dutch social historians -- such as van Deursen, Spierenburg, Roodenburg and van de Pol -- deal incidentally with taverns and drinking in their work, but I am hoping to find something more detailed and specific. A search in the bibliographies of this group’s website hasn’t revealed anything but a recent work on temperance, which seems to be more geared towards the 19th century. I’ve often been intrigued by this (seeming) lack of interest by Dutch historians in this topic, especially considering the enormous amount of work done by their English and German colleagues on this, and especially for this period. And, taking into account that the Dutch were considered to be very hard drinkers by most other European nations in the early modern era. Any help would be very much appreciated, with thanks, Gerald Groenewald PS. I forgot to mention that in the recent spate of publications on the history of food in the Netherlands, one can occasionally find something on drinking as well. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Messenger - Communicate in real time. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com