Research Catalog

Title

Food in medieval England : diet and nutrition / edited by C.M. Woolgar, D. Serjeantson, and T. Waldron.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Woolgar, C. M.
• Serjeantson, D. (Dale)
• Waldron, T. (Tony)

Description

xi, 347 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm.

Summary

'Food in Medieval England' draws on research across different disciplines to present a picture of the English diet from the early Saxon period up to 1540. It uses a range of sources, from the historical records of medieval farms, abbeys, & households both great & small, to animal bones, human remains, & plants from archaeological sites.

Series Statement

Medieval history and archaeology

Uniform Title

Medieval history and archaeology

Subject

• To 1500
• Diet > England > History > To 1500
• Food > History > To 1500
• Medicine, Medieval
• Diet > history
• Food > history
• History, Medieval
• Medicine, Medieval
• Diet
• Food
• Lebensmittel
• Ernährung
• Levensmiddelen
• Diet > Great Britain > History > To 1500
• Food > Great Britain > History > To 1500
• Nutrition > Great Britain > History > To 1500
• England
• Engeland

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-323) and index.

Contents

The consumption of field crops in medieval England / D.J. Stone -- Gardens and garden produce in the later Middle Ages / C.C. Dyer -- The archaeology of medieval plant foods / L. Moffett -- From Cu and Sceap to Beffe and Motton / N.J. Sykes -- Pig husbandry and consumption in medieval England / U. Albarella -- Meat and dairy products in late medieval England / C.M. Woolgar -- Fish consumption in medieval England / D. Serjeantson and C.M. Woolgar -- Birds : food and a mark of status / D. Serjeantson -- The consumption and supply of birds in late medieval England / D.J. Stone -- The impact of the Normans on hunting practices in England / N.J. Sykes -- Procuring, preparing, and serving venison in late medieval England / J. Birrell -- Group diets in late medieval England / C.M. Woolgar -- Seasonal patterns in food consumption in the later Middle Ages / C.C. Dyer -- Monastic pittances in the Middle Ages / B.F. Harvey -- Diet in Medieval England : the evidence from stable isotopes / G. Müldner and M.P. Richards -- Medieval diet and demography / P.R. Schofield -- Nutrition and the skeleton / T. Waldron.

ISBN

• 0199273499
• 9780199273492
• 0199563357
• 9780199563357

LCCN

• 2006012185
• 99819207857
• 9780199273492
• 99960235389

OCLC

• ocm65202994
• 65202994
• SCSB-1400092

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library