The culture of food in England, 1200-1500  -  Woolgar, C. M.

KORTE INHOUD

In this revelatory work of social history, C.M. Woolgar shows that food in late-medieval England was far more complex, varied, and more culturally significant than we imagine today. Drawing on a vast range of sources, he charts how emerging technologies as well as an influx of new flavors and trends from abroad had an impact on eating habits across the social spectrum. From the pauper's bowl to elite tables, from early fad diets to the perceived moral superiority of certain foods, and from regional folk rem...
2016 Taal: Engels zie alle details...

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2016 Uitgever: Yale University Press 341 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0300181914 ISBN-13: 9780300181913