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Author : Lynne Elliott
Release : 2004
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 487/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Food and Feasts in the Middle Ages by : Lynne Elliott
Download or read book Food and Feasts in the Middle Ages written by Lynne Elliott. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an overview of food, hunting, and cooking in the Middle Ages.
Author : P. W. Hammond
Release : 2005-01-01
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 733/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Food & Feast in Medieval England by : P. W. Hammond
Download or read book Food & Feast in Medieval England written by P. W. Hammond. This book was released on 2005-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on archaeological and written evidence, this book deals with everything we know about medieval food, from hunting and harvesting to food hygiene and the organization of a large household kitchen. Peter Hammond evaluates the nutritional value of medieval food, the customs associated with its serving and eating, and the organisation of feasts, supported by innumerable facts and figures and examples from sources. The book is now available in a smaller paperback edition with black and white illustrations.
Author : Imogen Dawson
Release : 2000
Genre : Design
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 361/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Clothes and Crafts in the Middle Ages by : Imogen Dawson
Download or read book Clothes and Crafts in the Middle Ages written by Imogen Dawson. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes clothes and crafts throughout the Middle Ages in Europe while also discussing the everyday life of the people, their technological skills, and social and economic systems.
Author : Tehmina Bhote
Release : 2003-12-15
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 930/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Medieval Feasts and Banquets by : Tehmina Bhote
Download or read book Medieval Feasts and Banquets written by Tehmina Bhote. This book was released on 2003-12-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the role of food during medieval times, discussing how it was prepared, shared, and used in society.
Author : Caroline Walker Bynum
Release : 1988-01-07
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 783/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Holy Feast and Holy Fast by : Caroline Walker Bynum
Download or read book Holy Feast and Holy Fast written by Caroline Walker Bynum. This book was released on 1988-01-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the period between 1200 and 1500 in western Europe, a number of religious women gained widespread veneration and even canonization as saints for their extraordinary devotion to the Christian eucharist, supernatural multiplications of food and drink, and miracles of bodily manipulation, including stigmata and inedia (living without eating). The occurrence of such phenomena sheds much light on the nature of medieval society and medieval religion. It also forms a chapter in the history of women. Previous scholars have occasionally noted the various phenomena in isolation from each other and have sometimes applied modern medical or psychological theories to them. Using materials based on saints' lives and the religious and mystical writings of medieval women and men, Caroline Walker Bynum uncovers the pattern lying behind these aspects of women's religiosity and behind the fascination men and women felt for such miracles and devotional practices. She argues that food lies at the heart of much of women's piety. Women renounced ordinary food through fasting in order to prepare for receiving extraordinary food in the eucharist. They also offered themselves as food in miracles of feeding and bodily manipulation. Providing both functionalist and phenomenological explanations, Bynum explores the ways in which food practices enabled women to exert control within the family and to define their religious vocations. She also describes what women meant by seeing their own bodies and God's body as food and what men meant when they too associated women with food and flesh. The author's interpretation of women's piety offers a new view of the nature of medieval asceticism and, drawing upon both anthropology and feminist theory, she illuminates the distinctive features of women's use of symbols. Rejecting presentist interpretations of women as exploited or masochistic, she shows the power and creativity of women's writing and women's lives.
