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There were thousands of alehouses, inns, and taverns in Elizabethan England

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Is it true that there were thousands of alehouses, inns, and taverns in Elizabethan England?

Yes. Historical sources confirm that early modern English towns contained a vast multiplicity and thousands of inns, taverns, and alehouses.

Verdict: SUPPORTED · 7 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 7
Wikipedia: Prostitution in early modern England
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Wikipedia: Prostitution in early modern England. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_early_modern_England

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Wikipedia: Puritans
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Wikipedia: Puritans. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puritans

Wikipedia: Shoreditch
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Wikipedia: Shoreditch. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoreditch

Oxford University Press: Vexed and troubled Englishmen, 1590-1642
1976
Explicitly references the multiplicity and thousands of Taverns, Inns, and Alehouses in towns.
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1903-, B. C. (1976). Oxford University Press: Vexed and troubled Englishmen, 1590-1642. Oxford University Press. https://archive.org/details/vexedtroubledeng0000brid

New York, Oxford University Press: Vexed and troubled Englishmen, 1590-1642
1968
Identifies the abundance and multiplicity of taverns, inns, and alehouses where towns swarm.
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Carl, B. (1968). New York, Oxford University Press: Vexed and troubled Englishmen, 1590-1642. New York, Oxford University Press. https://archive.org/details/vexedtroubledeng00brid

Hutchinson University Library: A social history of Western Europe, 1450-1720 : tensions and solidarities among rural people
1984
Notes alehouses and taverns as meeting places in early modern England.
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J.), W. S. J. (. (1984). Hutchinson University Library: A social history of Western Europe, 1450-1720 : tensions and solidarities among rural people. Hutchinson University Library. https://archive.org/details/socialhistoryofw0000watt

Yale University Press: The personal rule of Charles I
1992
Mentions alehouses and drunkenness in early England, but lacks broad statistical enumeration.
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Kevin, S. (1992). Yale University Press: The personal rule of Charles I. Yale University Press. https://archive.org/details/personalruleofch00kevi_0

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