1. Titel
2. Acknowledgment
   (in german)
3. Outline
4. Reference of pictures
   (in german)
5. Reason of research
6. Historical background
7. The medieval brewer in pictures
8. Tapping signs
9. Conclusion
10. Outlook
11. Bibliography
    (in german)
12. Internet-bibliography
    (german only)
13. Attachment: The Hexagram
    (in german)

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Final thesis at TU Munich
Written in 2002 by Matthias Trum

 

Outline

1. Reason for research
2. Historical background
   1. Overview brewing history
      1. Excerpt: historical malting technology
   2. Beer types in the middle ages
   3. Social structure in the middle ages
   4. Formation of guilds
3. Medieval brewers in pictures
   1. Housebook of family Mendel
   2. Houseboock of family Landauer
   3. Conclusion
4. Tapping signs
   1. History of hospitality
   2. Overview of various tapping signs
   3. A mystery: the hexagram
      1. History of the star of david
      2. Origin and antique meaning of the hexagram
      3. Why a hexagram as brewer's sign?
      4. Jewstar and brewing star - an independet development?
5. Conclusions
6. Outlook

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