Additionally, we might consider whether the two cases reflected the prevailing judicial and tavern culture of two different parts of the city.
To contemporary authorities, taverns were closely associated with immorality and crime.
Yet before the 1760s taverns were also places where differences could be reconciled.
They are not representative of tavern conflicts generally, in particular, because most conflicts were not taken to court and thus remain shrouded in mystery.
They were packed with taverns and liquor stores that invited drinking and gambling and the squandering of wages.
In fact, the main site of crime was not the tavern, but the street and the (market-) place.
Both authors emphasize the role of taverns as important sites of social and economic exchange.
Although taverns varied considerably in size, the victuallers were generalists, slow to build up specialist functions for their houses.
