Food and eating in medieval Europe

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Introduction......Page 10
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1 The Feast Hall in Anglo-Saxon Society......Page 16
2 Pilgrims to Table: Food Consumption in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales......Page 30
3 Fast Food and Urban Living Standards in Medieval England......Page 42
4 Did the Peasants Really Starve in Medieval England?......Page 68
5 Cannibalism as an Aspect of Famine in Two English Chronicles......Page 88
6 Driven by Drink? Ale Consumption and the Agrarian Economy of the London Region, c. 1300–1400......Page 102
7 Making Sense of Medieval Culinary Records: Much Done, But Much More to Do......Page 116
8 Feeding Medieval Cities: Some Historical Approaches......Page 132
9 The Household of Alice de Bryene, 1412–13......Page 148
10 Queu du Roi, Roi des Queux: Taillevent and the Profession of Medieval Cooking......Page 160
11 Medieval and Renaissance Wedding Banquets and Other Feasts......Page 174
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