Thursday, 2 June 2022

Literature and cider making took a hammering

The Dark Ages are indeed a little dark, what with plagues, famines, bad weather and invasions by Saxons, Vikings and Danes. Literature and cider making took a hammering. A black hole in other words, though religious houses like Ely had orchards in Saxon times. There was hope.

J. Crowden, Cider country (2021), 96

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