Aqua vitae – Notes on Geographies of Alcohol Productionand Consumption in the Ottoman Balkans

Etnoantropološki Problemi

Jelena Mrgić¹ 

[1] Department of HistoryFaculty of PhilosophyUniversity of Belgrade;

关键词: brandy;    šljivovica;    distillation;    trade;    Ottoman Empire;    16th to 19th centuries;   

DOI  :  10.21301/eap.v12i4.14

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The paper addresses the beginning of brandy distillation in the Ottoman Balkan, the transfer of technology, commerce and taxation, as well as patterns of consumption. Those patterns include rules of alcohol production, distribution and use according to religion, class and gender, i.e. restrictions and their transgressions. Linguistic, documentary and narrative sources are deployed in building a multifaceted picture. Production of various spirits, foremost plum brandy in the Ottoman Balkans, and the usage of alcohol drinks could be viewed as an area where private and public, official and clandestine, permitted and forbidden mixed and coexisted, and influenced Ottoman political and religious system.

【 授权许可】

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