Based on archaeological and written evidence, this book deals with everything we know about medieval food, from hunting and harvesting to food hygiene and the o

In this revelatory work of social history, C. M. Woolgar shows that food in late-medieval England was far more complex, varied, and more culturally significant

Illustrations reproduced from early manuscripts supplement a study of attitudes toward food and ideas about the preparation and presentation of meals in the Mid

"The history of medieval food and cookery has received a fair amount of attention from the point of view of recipes (of which many survive) and of the general c

Students and other readers will learn about the common foodstuffs available, how and what they cooked, ate, and drank, what the regional cuisines were like, how