Anglo-Saxon food and drink : production, processing, distribution and consumption /
Hagen, Ann
Anglo-Saxon food and drink : production, processing, distribution and consumption / Anglo-Saxon food & drink Ann Hagen. - 507 pages ; 25 cm
Combined version of: A handbook of Anglo-Saxon food: processing and consumption, published in 1992, and A second handbook of Anglo-Saxon food & drink : production & distribution, published in 1995.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-474) and index.
Introduction: Primary sources -- Secondary sources -- Presentation of material -- Food production: Cereal crops -- Vegetables, herbs, and fungi -- Fruit and nuts -- Cattle -- Sheep -- Goats -- Pigs -- Poultry and eggs -- Wild animals and birds -- Honey -- Fish and molluscs [mollusks] -- Imported food -- Tabooed food -- Provision of a water supply -- Fermented drinks -- Processing: Drying, milling, bread making -- Dairying -- Butchery -- Preservation & storage -- Methods of cooking -- Distribution: Food and administration -- Measures -- Theft -- Food supply for monastic communities and religious households -- The food supply in towns -- Provision of food away from home -- Hospitality and charity -- Consumption: Meals -- Fasting -- Feasting -- Special regimens -- Food shortages & deficiency diseases -- Adulteration: damage caused by dietary elements -- Conclusion.
1898281416 9781898281412
Anglo-Saxons--Food--England
Food habits--History--England--To 1500.
Civilization, Anglo-Saxon
Social history--Medieval, 500-1500.
England--Social life and customs--To 1066
GT2853.G7 / H332 2006
641.0942
Anglo-Saxon food and drink : production, processing, distribution and consumption / Anglo-Saxon food & drink Ann Hagen. - 507 pages ; 25 cm
Combined version of: A handbook of Anglo-Saxon food: processing and consumption, published in 1992, and A second handbook of Anglo-Saxon food & drink : production & distribution, published in 1995.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-474) and index.
Introduction: Primary sources -- Secondary sources -- Presentation of material -- Food production: Cereal crops -- Vegetables, herbs, and fungi -- Fruit and nuts -- Cattle -- Sheep -- Goats -- Pigs -- Poultry and eggs -- Wild animals and birds -- Honey -- Fish and molluscs [mollusks] -- Imported food -- Tabooed food -- Provision of a water supply -- Fermented drinks -- Processing: Drying, milling, bread making -- Dairying -- Butchery -- Preservation & storage -- Methods of cooking -- Distribution: Food and administration -- Measures -- Theft -- Food supply for monastic communities and religious households -- The food supply in towns -- Provision of food away from home -- Hospitality and charity -- Consumption: Meals -- Fasting -- Feasting -- Special regimens -- Food shortages & deficiency diseases -- Adulteration: damage caused by dietary elements -- Conclusion.
1898281416 9781898281412
Anglo-Saxons--Food--England
Food habits--History--England--To 1500.
Civilization, Anglo-Saxon
Social history--Medieval, 500-1500.
England--Social life and customs--To 1066
GT2853.G7 / H332 2006
641.0942