Did moonshine exist before the prohibition?

Any analysis of the Witchfinder Matthew Hopkins from a criminal behavioural perspective? Thanks!

My favourite is Hogfather, that a simple analogue for a Christmas story would turn into a deeper pondering on the nature of human imagination and its importance exactly sums up Pratchett to me.

If he likes the character of Death then Mort might be a good place to start, there aren't exactly any murder mystery books but the Watch focused books are almost police procedurals; Guards Guards is the best place to start there.

I can't quite find the source, but it was a couple of Angles were sold as slaves to the then pope, and he marvelled at their angellic appearance, and decided to shower praises and rewards upon them.

What Francis Pryor says is that there was a cultural campaign by the papacy which encouraged Germanic culture and traits to expand into Britain during the early days of Christianity's spread, could well be that it piggybacked on Christian spread or that the Pope caused just enough initial basis for the Anglo-Saxon culture to take root.