The Public House in Central Europe - Inns, Taverns, and Alehouses in Cracow during the Jagiellonian Dynasty

Public houses—inns, taverns, and alehouses—during the Jagiellonian Dynasty (1385-1572) in the city of Cracow functioned as important establishments in the everyday life of the city. This book provides a comprehensive examination of a multitude of sources to reconstruct qualitatively and quantitatively the public houses of the city.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
List of Tables and Figures
Maps
Cracovian Weights and Measures in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
Introduction
Chapter One: The Rise of the City and Its Public Houses
Chapter Two: The Public Houses of Cracow
Chapter Three: The Publicans of Cracow
Chapter Four: The Patrons of the Public Houses
Chapter Five: Violence and the Public House
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

Peter Paul Dobek holds a PhD from and teaches at Western Michigan University.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Paul Dobek, Peter Paul Dobek
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.12.2024
• EAN: 9781666927382
• ISBN: 978-1-6669-2738-2
• No. of pages: 266
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 576 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Europe, European History, HISTORY / World, General & world history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, General and world history, European history: Renaissance, Hospitality and service industries, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance, Service industries