# "The fangs of the serpent are hid in the bowl": The Temperance Movement

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: The Revd Professor Stephen Orchard
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History, Religion
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/fangs-serpent-are-hid-bowl-temperance-movement)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

How did what started as a temperance movement become a campaign for total abstinence? Who were the real originators of temperance societies and what were the factors making for their growth? What led to the demonisation of drink? To modern eyes the temperance movement seems old-fashioned but its original promoters were among the most progressive minds of their day. It became associated with the churches but was resisted by them in the beginning. Why did the temperance movement fade away in the twentieth century?

## Lectures

1. ["The fangs of the serpent are hid in the bowl": The Temperance Movement](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/fangs-serpent-are-hid-bowl-temperance-movement/5cc343dea77c) (YouTube)