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Coffee houses played an important role in the cultural and
intellectual history of the seventeenth century. Functioning as
venues where people could meet, catch up with news, transact
business and discuss issues of mutual concern, they provided a
valuable alternative to public houses: the absence of alcohol
allowed for more serious conversation. First published in 1893,
this illustrated study by Edward Forbes Robinson (fl.1890) explores
the history of the English coffee house and its role in
seventeenth-century social and political life. Beginning with a
history of coffee itself, Robinson examines the religious
traditions surrounding the beverage, moving on to discuss its
medical uses and the clientele who frequented the establishments
that served it. The role of the coffee house as a temperance
institution is also considered. With an appendix containing a
selection of contemporary texts and descriptions of coffee house
tokens, this lively study remains significant to social historians.
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