2007-09-06 04:56:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Hello,
There were no drinking prohibitions in Europe during the Renaissance. This came after the Protestant Reformation with the Puritains in the 17th century.
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Michael Kelly
2007-09-06 05:04:46 · answer #1 · answered by Michael Kelly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It took determination to get drunk on the low proof drinks of the day. Only after the development of distilled liquors did drinking and alcoholism become intertwined. Even then no one really cared that much until the rise of Puritan ideas about drinking. Until recently everyone drank, it was safer than the water. some liquors were developed to purify water.
2007-09-06 05:11:01 · answer #2 · answered by 29 characters to work with...... 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They didn't. Governments during the renaissance didn't bother themselves about behaviour such as this.
2007-09-06 05:03:13 · answer #3 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was encouraged since the government always got a tax or tariff or both. and everyone who could afford it drank. it beat drinking polluted water.
2007-09-09 10:48:32 · answer #4 · answered by Loren S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋