Mmmmm….Medievalicious! Medieval Soups from Battle Castle
The good people at Battle Castle are offering their viewers three medieval soup recipes, just in time for Christmas.
The Origins of Tea Drinking in Britain
The Origins of Tea Drinking in Britain Macadam, Joseph P. The Bulletin of the English Society, Vol.37 (2009) Abstract On September 25, 1660, the…
The Sweet Side of War: The Place of Honey in Military Provisioning
The Sweet Side of War: The Place of Honey in Military Provisioning Paper given by Ilana Krug at the High Medieval Warfare session,…
Volcanoes and the Climate Forcing of Carolingian Europe, A.D. 750–950
Revolutionary advances of the natural sciences will transform our understanding of the human past. This case study supports that thesis by connecting new data arising from the last decade’s scientific work in palaeoclimatology with the history of the Carolingian empire.
What was kosher in Byzantium?
What was kosher in Byzantium? Crostini, Barbara Eat, Drink and be Merry (Luke 12: 19): Food and Wine in Byzantium, Ashgate, (2007) Abstract The question…
Connections Between Body and Soul: The Asceticism of Medieval Saints
Connections Between Body and Soul: The Asceticism of Medieval Saints Hanson, Sarah E. UCI Undergraduate Research Journal, Vol.12 (2009) Abstract The relationship between…
Mealtime in monasteries: the culture of the Byzantine refectory
Mealtime in monasteries: the culture of the Byzantine refectory By Alice-Mary Talbot Eat, Drink and be Merry (Luke 12: 19): Food and Wine…
500 years ago, yeast’s epic journey gave rise to lager beer
In the 15th century, when Europeans first began moving people and goods across the Atlantic, a microscopic stowaway somehow made its way to…
“Of Fish and Flesh and Tender Breede / Of Win Both White and Reede”: Eating and Drinking in Middle English Narrative Texts
It is the aim of this study to take a look at some examples of the reflection in Middle English narrative texts of the remaining physiological necessity – eating and drinking – in an attempt to analyse and evaluate the ways in which these all too human activities are exploited for literary purposes in the period with which are concerned
Between the field and the plate: how agricultural products were processed into food
Between the field and the plate: how agricultural products were processed into food By Dionysios Stathakopoulos Eat, Drink, and Be Merry, Luke 12:19:…
The Flower of Wheat: Bread in the Middle and Colonial Ages
The Flower of Wheat: Bread in the Middle and Colonial Ages By Vickie L. Ziegler Building Community: Medieval Technology and American History (2007)…
Call for Papers: Does Mead Maketh Mede? Medieval Food Taboos and Food Hierarchies
Does Mead Maketh Mede? Medieval Food Taboos and Food Hierarchies 2012 International Congress on Medieval Studies Call for Papers: In the late fourteenth-century,…
The Late Medieval Agrarian Crisis and Black Death plague epidemic in medieval Denmark: a paleopathological and paleodietary perspective
The Late Medieval Agrarian Crisis and Black Death plague epidemic in medieval Denmark: apaleopathological and paleodietary perspective Yoder, Cassady J. PhD Thesis, Texas A&M University,…
Preliminary evidence for medieval Polish diet from carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes
Preliminary evidence for medieval Polish diet from carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes By Laurie J Reitsema, Douglas E Crews and Marek Polcyn Journal…
Medieval advice to pregnant mothers: don’t drink water, have wine instead
Medieval medical opinion believed that foods could play an important role in the health and behaviour of people – certain kinds of foods, if eaten too much, could cause illness or cause a person to become depressed or melancholy.
A Comprehensive History of Beer Brewing
Brewing has been a human activity ever since the beginning of urbanization and civilization in the Neolithic period
Du fait de cuisine / On Cookery of Master Chiquart (1420)
Du fait de cuisine / On Cookery of Master Chiquart (1420): “Aucune science de l’art de cuysinerie et de cuysine” Translated by Terence…
Feast and Daily Life in the Middle Ages
Feast and Daily Life in the Middle Ages Lecture by Christian Rohr Given at Novosibirsk State University (2002) Introduction: Any culture has its…
A stroll through the park: evaluating the usefulness of phytolith and starch remains found on medieval sherds from Wicken, Northamptonshire, England
A stroll through the park: evaluating the usefulness of phytolith and starch remains found on medieval sherds from Wicken, Northamptonshire, England By Thomas…
The Inquisitor and the Jewish Mother: The Role of Food in Creation of Converso Identity in Inquisition Spain
Peppered with a great deal of wit and humor, Don Quixote is a unique portrait of the cultural, social and political landscape of Spain at the turn of the seventeenth century.
How much meat did medieval people eat?
A recently published article has revealed some interesting new details about meat consumption in the Middle Ages, including how different regions in medieval Western Europe had their own preferences for these foods.
Fruits and Vegetables as Sexual Metaphor in Late Renaissance Rome
Fruits and Vegetables as Sexual Metaphor in Late Renaissance Rome By John Varriano Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture, Vol. 5:4 (2005)…