What It Was Like to Get a Meal at a Medieval Tavern

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What It Was Like to Get a Meal at a Medieval Tavern

At least since The Canterbury Tales, the setting of the medieval tavern has held out the promise of adventure. For their customer base during the actual Middle Ages, however, they had more utilitarian virtues. “If you ever find yourself in the late medieval period, and you are in need of food and drink, you’d better find yourself an inn, tavern, or alehouse,” says Tasting History host Max Miller in the video above. The differences between them h…