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Food in Medieval England
Diet and Nutrition
Edited by C. M. Woolgar, D. Serjeantson, and T. Waldron
364 pages
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19 in-text half-tones, 38 figures, numerous tables, map
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246x171mm
978-0-19-956335-7
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Paperback
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21 May 2009
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- First overview of diet for the entire medieval period to be undertaken on this scale
- Brings together a wide range of evidence (historical, archaeological, zooarchaeological, and archaeobotanical) as well as scientific analysis
- Synthesizes a wide range of data, much of it new and original
Food and diet are central to understanding daily life in the middle ages. In the last two decades, the potential for the study of diet in medieval England has changed markedly: historians have addressed sources in new ways; material from a wide range of sites has been processed by zooarchaeologists and archaeobotanists; and scientific techniques, newly applied to the medieval period, are opening up possibilities for understanding the cumulative effects of diet on the skeleton. In a multi-disciplinary approach to the subject, this volume, written by leading experts in different fields, unites analysis of the historical, archaeological, and scientific record to provide an up-to-date synthesis. The volume covers the whole of the middle ages from the early
Saxon period up to c .1540, and while the focus is on England wider European developments are not ignored.
The first aim of the book is to establish how much more is now known about patterns of diet, nutrition, and the use of food in display and social competition; its second is to promote interchange between the methodological approaches of historians and archaeologists. The text brings together much original research, marrying historical and archaeological approaches with analysis from a range of archaeological disciplines, including archaeobotany, archaeozoology, osteoarchaeology, and isotopic studies.Readership: Scholars and students of medieval social history and archaeology; food
historians.
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Edited by C. M. Woolgar, Reader and Head of Special Collections, University of Southampton Library, D. Serjeantson, Research Fellow, Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, and T. Waldron, Consultant Physician, St Mary's Hospital, London and Honorary Professor at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London Contributors:
Umberto Albarella, Senior Research Associate in Zooarchaeology, Department of Archaeology, University of Durham
Jean Birrell, Honorary Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Research in the Arts and Social Sciences, University of Birmingham
Chris
Dyer, Professor of English Local History, University of Leicester
Barbara Harvey, Emeritus Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford
Lisa Moffett, Archaeobotanist and Research Fellow, University of Birmingham
Gundula Müldner, Researcher, Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford
Mike Richards, Professor of Bioarchaeology, Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, and Professor, Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig
Dale Serjeantson, Research Fellow, Archaeology Division, School of Humanities, University of Southampton
Phillipp Schofield, Professor in the Department of History and Welsh History, University of Wales Aberystwyth
David Stone, Teacher of History, Dulwich College
Naomi Sykes, Research Fellow, Centre for Applied Archaeological Analysis, Archaeology Division, School of Humanities, University of Southampton
Tony Waldron, Consultant Physician at St Mary's Hospital, London, and Honorary Professor at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London
Chris Woolgar, Reader and Head of Special Collections, University of Southampton Library
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"[A] very informative and useful book." - Archaeological Review from Cambridge "This ambitious book is successful in its aim to draw together the wide variety of information about medieval diet and nutrition... and as such represents a major achievement...anyone with an interest in diet and history should read it." - Max Satchell, LPS. "a comprehensive and interdisciplinary volume ... an excellent book that is set to become standard reading on the topic for many years to come." - Alan K. Outram, History "a valuable multidisciplinary contribution to the literature on foodways, diets, and eating practices in medieval England." - Martha Carlin, The
Ricardian "there is no doubt that this book is of great value to researchers working on medieval England, but is also inspiring and pleasant literature for a broader archaeological and historical readership ... The importance of this book is undeniable and it will surely become a milestone in the medieval English literature on diet and nutrition." - Angelos Hadjikoumis, assemblage
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1: C. M. Woolgar, D. Serjeantson, T. Waldron: Introduction
I: Survey of Foodstuffs
2: D. J. Stone: The Consumption of Field Crops in Medieval England
3: C. C. Dyer: Gardens and Garden Produce in Later Medieval England
4: L. Moffett: The Archaeology of Medieval Plant Foods
5: N. J. Sykes: From Cu and Sceap to Beffe and Motton: The Management, Distribution, and Consumption of Cattle and Sheep, AD 410-1550
6: U. Albarella: Pig Husbandry and Pork Consumption in Medieval England
7: C. M. Woolgar: Meat and Dairy Products in Late Medieval England
8: D. Serjeantson and C. M. Woolgar: Fish Consumption in Medieval England
9: D. Serjeantson: Birds: Food and a Mark of Status
10: D. J. Stone: The Consumption and Supply of Birds in Late Medieval England
11: N. J. Sykes: The Impact of the Normans on Hunting Practices in England
12: J. Birrell: Procuring, Preparing, and Serving Venison in Late Medieval England
II: Studies in Diet and Nutrition
13: C. M. Woolgar: Group Diets in Late Medieval England
14: C. C. Dyer: Seasonal Patterns in Food Consumption in the Later Middle Ages
15: B. F. Harvey: Monastic Pittances in the Middle Ages
16: G. Müldner and M. P. Richards: Diet in Medieval England: The Evidence from Stable Isotopes
17: P. R. Schofield: Diet and Medieval Demography
18: T. Waldron: Nutrition and the Skeleton
19: C. M. Woolgar, D. Serjeantson, T. Waldron: Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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