Fast and Feast : Food in Medieval Society

Henisch, Bridget Ann

ISBN 10: 027100424X / ISBN 13: 9780271004242

Published by Pennsylvania State University Press, 1986

About this Item

Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fast and Feast : Food in Medieval Society
• Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 027100424X
• ISBN 13: 9780271004242
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 1.003 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Bridget Ann Henisch is author of Medieval Armchair Travels and Cakes and Characters, and coauthor of The Photographic Experience, 1839–1914 (Penn State, 1994).