Role Description____________________________________
In the Middle Ages you could not drink the water
because it would make you sick. People drank fermented beverages (even children) because the alcohol created in the process killed bacteria. Brewers were members of a guild. Men (brewers) brewed beer, but by the late middle ages, were replaced by women (brewsters) who brewed ale.Keywords______________________________________________________ | beer | ferment | beverage |
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| mead | hops | brewster |
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| ale | drink |
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Print Resources_________________________________________________Title
| Location
| Call Number
| Pages
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| Dictionary of the Middle Ages | Reference
| REF 940.1 DIC
| v.7, p.276-279
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Encyclopedia of the Medieval World
| Reference
| REF 940.1 ENC
| v.1, p. 427
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Medieval England
| Reference
| REF 942 MED
| p. 395
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Medieval Life
| Daily Life
| 940.1 Lan
| p. 28
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World Book
| Encyclopedia Case
| REF o31 WOR
| v.11, p.348
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Web Resources__________________________________________________Suggested Databases:
Thomson Gale: S
tudent Resource Center Gold; History Resource Center-World
Web Sites:
The Medieval Knight Knights and Armor Arms and Armor in the Late Middle Ages