Coffee and Coffeehouses: The Origins of a Social Beverage in the Medieval Near EastDrawing on the accounts of early European travelers, original Arabic sources on jurisprudence and etiquette, and treatises on coffee from the period, the author recounts the colorful early history of the spread of coffee and the influence of coffeehouses in the medieval Near East. Detailed descriptions of the design, atmosphere, management, and patrons of early coffeehouses make fascinating reading for anyone interested in the history of coffee and the unique institution of the coffeehouse in urban Muslim society |
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Contents
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| 11 | |
3 Coffee Coffeehouses and the Opposition | 29 |
4 Wine Coffee and the Holy Law | 46 |
Coffee and Medieval Medicine | 61 |
The Rise of the Coffeehouse | 72 |
7 Society and the Social Life of the Coffeehouse | 92 |
Social Norms Social Symbols | 112 |
Note on Sources | 131 |
Glossary | 137 |
Notes | 142 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Coffee and Coffeehouses: The Origins of a Social Beverage in the Medieval Near East Publications on the Near East |
| Author | Ralph S. Hattox |
| Publisher | University of Washington Press, 2014 |
| ISBN | 0295805498, 9780295805498 |
| Length | 192 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Middle East / General |
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