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In this video we'll look at The medieval Kings of England's favourite drinks and the vast quantities they drank.
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Sources and references
Reference 1 Hulls Domesday project, Vineyards.
Reference 2 page 219 Anglo-Saxon food and drink, production and distribution, Ann Hagen.
Reference 3 page 222 Anglo-Saxon food and drink, production and distribution, Ann Hagen.
Reference 4 page 25, 1215 the year of Magna Carta, Danny Danziger and John Gillingham.
Reference 5 page 358, The wars of the Roses, Trevor Royle.
Reference 6 page 26 1215 the year of Magna Carta, Danny Danziger and John Gillingham.
Reference 7 page 127 Everyday life in Medieval England, Christopher Dyer.
Reference 8 page 31 The art of dining, a history of cooking and eating, Sara Paston-Williams.
Reference 9 page 126 Food & feast in medieval England by Hammond, P. W.
Reference 10 Chapter four, water supply Cooking and dining in Medieval England
by Brears, Peter C. D.
Reference 11 page 73 Anglo-Saxon food, processing and consumption, Ann Hagen.
Reference 12 Cook, Hadrian, Kathy Stearne, and Tom Williamson. “The Origins of Water Meadows in England.” The Agricultural History Review 51, no. 2 (2003): 155–62. jstor.org/stable/40275966.
Reference 13 KEENE, DEREK. “Issues of Water in Medieval London to c. 1300.” Urban History 28, no. 2 (2001): 161–79. jstor.org/stable/44613233.
Reference 14 KEENE, DEREK. “Issues of Water in Medieval London to c. 1300.” Urban History 28, no. 2 (2001): 161–79. jstor.org/stable/44613233.
Reference 15 LEE, JOHN S. “Piped Water Supplies Managed by Civic Bodies in Medieval English Towns.” Urban History 41, no. 3 (2014): 369–93. jstor.org/stable/26398298.
Reference 16 page 378 Roger of Wendover's Flowers of history.
Reference 17 page 200 Anglo-Saxon food and drink, production and distribution, Ann Hagen.
Reference 18 page 204 Anglo-Saxon food and drink, production and distribution, Ann Hagen.
Reference 19 page 30 The art of dining, a history of cooking and eating, Sara Paston-Williams.
Reference 20 chapter 7 Women at work, Medieval Women, A social history of Women in England, 450-1500. Henrietta Leyser.
Reference 21 page 285 The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
Reference 22 page 51 Food & feast in medieval England
by Hammond, P. W
Reference 23 page 145, Women at work, Medieval Women, A social history of Women in England, 450-1500. Henrietta Leyser.
Reference 24 page 79 Cooking and dining in Medieval England by Brears, Peter C. D.
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In this video we'll look at The medieval Kings of England's favourite drinks and the vast quantities they drank.
Support the channel on Patreon- patreon.com/embracehistoria
ko-fi.com/embracehistoria
https://bsky.app/profile/embracehistoria.bsky.social
Sources and references
Reference 1 Hulls Domesday project, Vineyards.
Reference 2 page 219 Anglo-Saxon food and drink, production and distribution, Ann Hagen.
Reference 3 page 222 Anglo-Saxon food and drink, production and distribution, Ann Hagen.
Reference 4 page 25, 1215 the year of Magna Carta, Danny Danziger and John Gillingham.
Reference 5 page 358, The wars of the Roses, Trevor Royle.
Reference 6 page 26 1215 the year of Magna Carta, Danny Danziger and John Gillingham.
Reference 7 page 127 Everyday life in Medieval England, Christopher Dyer.
Reference 8 page 31 The art of dining, a history of cooking and eating, Sara Paston-Williams.
Reference 9 page 126 Food & feast in medieval England by Hammond, P. W.
Reference 10 Chapter four, water supply Cooking and dining in Medieval England
by Brears, Peter C. D.
Reference 11 page 73 Anglo-Saxon food, processing and consumption, Ann Hagen.
Reference 12 Cook, Hadrian, Kathy Stearne, and Tom Williamson. “The Origins of Water Meadows in England.” The Agricultural History Review 51, no. 2 (2003): 155–62. jstor.org/stable/40275966.
Reference 13 KEENE, DEREK. “Issues of Water in Medieval London to c. 1300.” Urban History 28, no. 2 (2001): 161–79. jstor.org/stable/44613233.
Reference 14 KEENE, DEREK. “Issues of Water in Medieval London to c. 1300.” Urban History 28, no. 2 (2001): 161–79. jstor.org/stable/44613233.
Reference 15 LEE, JOHN S. “Piped Water Supplies Managed by Civic Bodies in Medieval English Towns.” Urban History 41, no. 3 (2014): 369–93. jstor.org/stable/26398298.
Reference 16 page 378 Roger of Wendover's Flowers of history.
Reference 17 page 200 Anglo-Saxon food and drink, production and distribution, Ann Hagen.
Reference 18 page 204 Anglo-Saxon food and drink, production and distribution, Ann Hagen.
Reference 19 page 30 The art of dining, a history of cooking and eating, Sara Paston-Williams.
Reference 20 chapter 7 Women at work, Medieval Women, A social history of Women in England, 450-1500. Henrietta Leyser.
Reference 21 page 285 The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
Reference 22 page 51 Food & feast in medieval England
by Hammond, P. W
Reference 23 page 145, Women at work, Medieval Women, A social history of Women in England, 450-1500. Henrietta Leyser.
Reference 24 page 79 Cooking and dining in Medieval England by Brears, Peter C. D.










