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    Fast and Feast: Food In Medieval Society: Food in Mediaeval Society

     
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    Fast and Feast: Food In Medieval Society: Food in Mediaeval Society

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    Engagingly written and fully illustrated, Fast and Feast explores the medieval approach to food, its preparation, and its presentation. Since attitudes toward food were shaped by the religious and social ideas of the period, the medieval perspective is clearly developed for the modern reader and, in turn, sheds light on the character of life in the Middle Ages. The subject is examined from the varied points of view of all concerned: host, guest, cook, and servant.

    Bridget Ann Henisch draws her material from a wide range of primary sources: devotional literature, sermons, courtesy books, recipe collections, household accounts, chronicles, and romances. Most of these works were written in England during the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries, but Henisch also makes reference to texts from other periods and countries. Readers with an interest in food will find her important study both informative and entertaining.

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    EAN/ISBN:
    9780271004242
    Edition:
    Reprint
    Medium:
    Paperback
    Number of pages:
    288
    Publication date:
    1976-01-01
    Publisher:
    Penn State University Press
    Languages:
    english
    EAN/ISBN:
    9780271004242
    Edition:
    Reprint
    Medium:
    Paperback
    Number of pages:
    288
    Publication date:
    1976-01-01
    Publisher:
    Penn State University Press
    Languages:
    english

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