The culture of food in England, 1200-1500 / C.M. Woolgar.
The culture of food in England, 1200-1500 / C.M. Woolgar.
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Publisher
New Haven Yale University Press, [2016]
Call Numbers
G 2016/2389
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiii, 341 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Content type
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
1. Food cultures -- 2. Cooking in the countryside -- 3. The culture of drink and drinking -- 4. Bread, meat and dairy foods -- 5. Sauces and spices, sugars and preserves -- 6. Gardens, wild foods, fish and hunting -- 7. Civic food culture and the guilds -- 8. Foodways and monastic institutions -- 9....
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Publisher
New Haven Yale University Press, [2016]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2016]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
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 flavours and trends from abroad had an impact on eating habits acro...
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Full title
The culture of food in England, 1200-1500 / C.M. Woolgar.
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General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-306) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2016
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Call Numbers
G 2016/2389
Record Identifier
74VKVpE6GZ2Z
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVpE6GZ2Z
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ISBN
9780300181913 (hardback)
DDC
641.594103
MMS ID
991023986714902626
