fyi The barbarian's beverage : a history of beer in ancient Europe /Tahoma Geneva0000,6666,9999Nelson, Max, 1972- Tahoma GenevaNew York, NY :; Routledge, 2004Tahoma ISBN:Geneva 0415311217 Courier CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PREFACE 1 INTRODUCTION BEER AND OTHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES BEER AND SOCIETY MODERN SCHOLARSHIP ON ANCIENT EUROPEAN BEER OVERVIEW 2 BEER IN THE EAST AND WEST ORIGINS PREHISTORIC NORTHERN EUROPE SOUTHERN EUROPE THE FIRST MENTIONS OF BEER IN THE WEST THE BAKED AND THE BREWED 3 THE GREEK PREJUDICE AGAINST BEER THE ROOTS OF BEER PREJUDICE THE CAUSES OF BEER PREJUDICE 4 THE TWO DRINKING IDEOLOGIES OF ANCIENT EUROPE 5 THE CELTS AND THE GREAT BEER DECLINE PREHISTORIC CELTIC EUROPE SOUTHERN GAUL CELTIBERIA NORTHERN GAUL BRITAIN 6 THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND THE RULE OF WINE BEER AND LAW BEER AND MEDICINE THE ROMAN CHURCH THE IRISH CHURCH 7 GERMANIC EUROPE AND THE GREAT BEER REVIVAL THE GERMANS ANGLO-SAXON BRITAIN MEROVINGIAN GAUL CAROLINGIAN GAUL THE LEGACY 8 CONCLUSION NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX