https://www.youtube.com/watch/CFFqwaq0fRM Why Medieval Society Was Built For Alcoholics
Go to https://bit.ly/3TJCZpI or use MEDIEVALMINDSET at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! Did everyone in the Middle Ages stay constantly drunk because the water was toxic? Today, we are shattering one of the biggest historical misconceptions about medieval Europe. Also, we find out how people centuries ago actually did think of and treat the condition we now know as alcoholism.

From the engineering marvels of London’s Great Conduit to the complex mechanics of “parti-gyle” brewing, we dig deep into primary historical sources to uncover the truth about “small beer,” Galenic medical theory, and what life was actually like for a hard drinking and hard working peasant. We also look at the surprisingly empathetic ways medieval monasteries and artisan craft guilds handled chronic drunkenness and addiction.

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 – The Ultimate Medieval Drunk Myth
00:45 – The Truth About Medieval Beer Strength (ABV Math)
03:11 – Did Medieval People Drink Water?
04:23 – Filtering Water in 1160 (The Canterbury Plan)
05:06 – Galen & The Four Humors Medical Science
05:51 – Hydration Tips from Avicenna & Vernacular Guides
08:18 – The Caloric Diet of a Medieval Harvest Worker
10:22 – How Parti-Gyle Brewing Made “Small Beer”
11:27 – Processing 1% ABV: The Human Metabolism
12:28 – How the Middle Ages Actually Viewed Alcoholism
16:05 – Medieval Tavern Culture vs. The Victorian Stereotype
17:17 – Monastic Sobriety & St. Benedict’s Hemina Limit
19:19 – How Artisan Guilds Enforced Accountability
22:23 – The Past Isn’t Gone: Rediscovering the Medieval Mind

WORKS CITED

Benedict, Saint. The Rule of Saint Benedict. Translated by Timothy Fry, Liturgical Press, 1981.

Cantor, Norman F. The Civilization of the Middle Ages. HarperCollins, 1993.

Dyer, Christopher. Everyday Life in Medieval England. Hambledon and London, 1994.

Martin, A. Lynn. Alcohol, Sex, and Gender in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, 2001.

Kroll, Jerome, and Bernard Bachrach. “Sin and Mental Illness in the Middle Ages.” Psychological Medicine 14.3 (1984): 507–514. Web.
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