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1 online resource |
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Cultures of early modern Europe |
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Cultures of early modern Europe.
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| Contents |
I. Approaches -- Introduction -- Literature on food history -- 'Sorts' of people in England, 1540-1640 -- Sources and methods -- Food and identity -- Food symbolism: luxury and necessity -- Food symbolism: sociability -- II. Social Groups -- The 'meaner sort' and their diets -- Labourers and the poor -- Household servants -- The middling sort and their diets -- Labourers and the poor -- Household servants -- The middling sort and their diets -- Wealthy yeomen -- Urban 'professionals' and artisans -- The diet of the gentry -- Staple foods -- High quality and high-priced variants of staple foods -- Exclusive foods and foods used sparingly -- III. Social relations -- Special foods and their preparation -- Special foods -- Recipes and ready-made foods -- Fake luxuries -- Interactions -- Gifts and hospitality -- Special occasions -- Critiques of feasting -- Conclusion: Eating to Impress |
| Summary |
"Food and Identity in England, 1540-1640 considers early modern food consumption in an important new way, connecting English consumption practices between the reigns of Henry VIII and Charles I with ideas of 'self' and 'otherness' in wider contexts of society and the class system. Examining the diets of various social groups, ranging from manual labourers to the aristocracy, special foods and their preparation, as well as festive events and gift foods, this all-encompassing study reveals the extent to which individuals and communities identified themselves and others by what and how they ate between the Reformation of the church and the English Civil Wars. This text provides remarkable insights for anyone interested in knowing more about the society and culture of early modern England."--Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Food habits -- England -- History
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Diet -- England -- History
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British & Irish history.
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Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Agriculture & Food.
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Diet
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Food habits
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Social conditions
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Ernährungsgewohnheit
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Soziale Identität
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| SUBJECT |
England -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043311
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| Subject |
England
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England
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781472510655 |
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1472510658 |
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9781472512277 |
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1472512278 |
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9781474210669 |
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147421066X |
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