Gin Crazed, pt. 2: Mother's Ruin

Part two of the story of the Gin Craze, a roughly fifty-year drinking binge that took hold of early modern London. Check out part one if you have not yet listened to it! This episode covers dives into the ways women became uniquely connected to the juniper spirit, in addition to the specific problems gin drinking caused, such as theft, violence, and acts of murder. Also, what does drinking gin have to do with spontaneous combustion?! Tune in to find out.Primary Sources:Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 9.0) February 1734. Trial of Judith Defour (t17340227-32).Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 9.0) Ordinary of Newgate's Account March 1734 (OA17340308).Stephen Buck, Geneva: A Poem in Blank Verse (London: 1734). Henry Fielding, An Enquiry into the Causes of the late Increase of Robbers (London: 1751). William Hogarth, Gin Lane and Beer Street (London: 1751). Secondary Sources:Richard Barnett, The Book of Gin (New York: Grove Press, 2011). Simon Difford, “History of gin (1728-1794) - London’s gin craze,” Difford’s Guide.James Nicholls, The Politics of Alcohol: A History of the Drink Question in England (Manchester:  Manchester University Press, 2011).Katelyn Stieva, “‘Drunk for a Penny, Dead Drunk for Two Pence’: Drink and Culture in London’s Eighteenth Century Gin Craze,” The Mirror 36, 1 (March 1, 2016). Jessica Warner, Craze: Gin and Debauchery in an Age of Reason (New York: Random House, 2003). Written and recorded by: Kenyon PayneTheme music: "Southern Gothic" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Outro music: “D´vil,” anrocomposerAdditional featured music:“Tensity,” SergeQuadrado“Separation,” HarumachiMusic“Through [the] Horizon,” Tuan1368“Dark Lullaby,” ShadowsAndEchoes“Around Every Corner,”  Dream-Protocol“Wanderers of the Night,” IndianBit“History of Perseus,” White_Records Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.