| Description |
1 online resource (307 p.) |
| Series |
Studies in Medieval History and Culture Ser |
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Studies in Medieval History and Culture Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Declarations -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of abbreviations -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Translator's notes -- Measures cited -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Fighting for food in the great medieval market: Forms and problems of food supply -- Cities in need -- Import strategies: from subsidized wheat to plundered food -- Man (or woman) does not live on bread alone: the meat supply -- Providing for lent: the fish supply -- Wine: local vintages and imported wines |
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Other groceries: fats, vegetables, fruits, cheeses, eggs ... -- Notes -- Chapter 2: From the fields to the marketplace: The first steps in medieval food production and distribution -- The complex process of bread making -- Enclosed markets: butchers and fishmongers -- Shops everywhere: plazas, taverns, inns and apothecaries -- A protected market: almotacenes and mostassafs -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Avoiding the market: Medieval self-sufficiency, provisions, storage and the conservation of food -- The homegrown harvest -- Barns, granaries and cellars -- (Provisionally) live animals |
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Salt, preserves and business -- Notes -- Chapter 4: The kitchen: Culture and flavor -- Kitchens as cultural spaces -- Cooks in their kitchens -- The kitchen in writing: the boom in medieval cookbooks -- Following in the footsteps of "popular cuisine" -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Around the table: The culture of dining objects and the rites of conviviality -- The birth of the dining room -- Daily rhythms -- Table dressings -- From courtesy to cosmopolitan -- The spectacle of the banquet -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Eating according to status: Food as a symbol of social hierarchy |
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From glut to refinement: eating and drinking like a noble -- The two faces of the clergy's diet -- Bourgeois ethics? Food as a sign of social advancement -- Feeding the majority: the daily struggle for survival -- Notes -- Chapter 7: The food of others: Religious minorities and food conflicts -- The paradigm of austerity: the livelihood of Mudejars -- The domain of the rite: the feeding of the Jews and their conflict -- The telltale diet: converts and their customs -- Notes -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000582420 |
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1000582426 |
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