Secretos medievales

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Los antiguos persas debatían todos los asuntos políticos dos veces: una sobrios y otra borrachos. Los vikingos creían que la hidromiel era la fuente de la poesía. El castigo que los aztecas infligían a los borrachos era el estrangulamiento público y los londinenses del siglo xviii estaban obligados a comprarle gin a un gato mecánico. Cada civilización ha tenido que encontrarle un lugar –o una forma de controlar– al eterno impulso humano de emborracharse. Prácticamente todas las culturas han bebido, y donde hay bebida, hay borrachera. Pero en cada época y en cada lugar la...

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