Drunk as a Monk

Viking mead, drinking horns, and fighting monks - oh my! In this episode, we are venturing into the tumultuous years that followed the end of Roman rule in the west. Moving into the medieval era, we will touch on some of the favorite drinks of those infamous raiders known as the Vikings, as well as what it really meant to be drunk as a monk.

The episode opens with a brief note about some audio issues that came through during the recording and editing process. Apologies for the quality, but here's to better recording days in the future.

Sources:

Information pulled from priory records and ledger books was accessed through British History Online (www.british-history.ac.uk).

St. Benedict’s Rule for Monks, provided online by the Abbey of Regina Laudis.

Mia Ball, The Worshipful Company of Brewers: A Short History (Hutchinson Benham, 1977).

Judith M. Bennett, Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England: Women’s Work in a Changing World, 1300-1600 (Oxford University Press, 1996).

Mark Cartwright, “The Daily Life of Medieval Monks,” World History Encyclopedia (December 13, 2018).

Marianne Hem Eriksen and Brian Costello, “Bodies of Intoxication: Psychoactives in Viking Ritual Practice,” Ritual Performance in the Viking Age (2022).

Robin Fleming, “Monastic Lands and England’s Defence in the Viking Age,” The English Historical Review Vol. 100, NO. 395 (April 1985): 247-265.

Bernadette Giacomazzo, “The Fascinating History of the Drinking Horn, the Thirst-Quenching Vessel of Viking Legend,” edited by John Kuroski, ATI (July 21, 2022).

Barbara Harvey, Living and Dying in England, 110-1540: The Monastic Experience (Clarendon Press, 1993).

Anne Hofmann, “Drinking Horns in Old Norse Culture: A Tradition Under Examination,” Analecta Archaeologica Ressoviensia: Rituals in the Past, Vol. 10 (2015): 241-258.

H.A. Monckton, A History of English Ale and Beer (Bodley Head, 1966).

Philip Parker, “A Brief History of the Vikings,” History Extra (April 20, 2020).

Lyonel Perabo, “Drinking Customs of the Vikings,” Bivrost (February 9, 2015).

Rod Phillips, Alcohol: A History (University of North Carolina Press, 2014).

Lorna Price, The Plan of St. Gall in Brief (University of California Press, 1982).

Charles Riskeley, “Ceremonial Drinking in the Viking Age,” Master’s Thesis, (University of Oslo, 2014).

Richard W. Unger, Beer in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004).

Jereme Zimmerman, “Make Mead Like a Viking,” Fermentology (April 19, 2022).

Written and recorded by: Kenyon Payne

Theme music: "Southern Gothic" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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