SC - The Dom and the Rock
geneviamoas@juno.com
geneviamoas at juno.com
Wed Jun 10 20:25:04 PDT 1998
At 10:15 AM -0700 6/10/98, Karen Evans wrote:
>Nicollo wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>I'm not at all cdrtain why we have many more
>cookbooks than brewing
>books...that's why the idea that good brewing was
>not done by every
>breathing individual comes to my head so much.
><<<<<<<<
>
>I am beginning to think that maybe there was some selective censorship
>during the religious fanaticism period. The puritans were certainly
>anti-drunkenness. And we know they censored other records on other
>matters. This is just an un-researched theory, but what do you think?
>
>Tyrca
1. We're talking largely about manuscripts, not books in print, so it isn't
particularly likely that they would be noticed.
2. We're not just talking England. I don't remember any puritans in France
or Italy.
David/Cariadoc
http://www.best.com/~ddfr/
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