Open AccessOn the Use of Wine amongst the Lower Orders in Scotland in the Seventeenth Century
Author(s) -
Joseph Robertson
Publication year - 1858
Publication title -
proceedings of the society of antiquaries of scotland
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2056-743X
pISSN - 0081-1564
DOI - 10.9750/psas.003.424.428
Subject(s) - wine , legislation , consumption (sociology) , argument (complex analysis) , history , political science , law , art , aesthetics , visual arts , medicine
Joseph Robertson presents his argument that wine was a common drink in Scotland. As evidence, he quotes legislation from the seventeenth century prohibiting the sale and consumption of wine in the Western Isles.