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Food in Medieval Times. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-32147-7. Bynum, Caroline Walker (1987). Holy Feast and Holy Fast: The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-05722-8. Carlin, Martha; Rosenthal, Joel T., eds. (1998). Food and Eating in Medieval Europe. London: The ...
Queen Esther and King Ahasuerus depicted dining on, among other things, a fish dish and a pretzel; illustration from Hortus deliciarum, Alsace, late 12th century.. Though various forms of dishes consisting of batter or dough cooked in fat, like crêpes, fritters and doughnuts were common in most of Europe, they were especially popular among Germans and known as krapfen (Old High German: "claw ...
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Once widespread in medieval England, the practice is now limited, but is also continued in a number of other nations. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] Stollen - a German fruit bread with marzipan, eaten during Advent ; it recalls a special Advent tradition restricted to Germany, granted by the Pope in the so-called "butter letter" (1490).
The Stratford feast in the 15th century took place on a meat day, but based on expenditures it appears that some persons chose to eat fish. Wheat was purchased, sometimes in amounts over five quarters (perhaps 60 kg), to bake (sometimes very large) loaves of bread, though by the second half of the 15th century the bread was baked by local bakers instead of at the guild's bakehouse.
The three field system common to Medieval Europe. The distinctive ridge and furrow pattern of the Middle Ages survive in this open field in Scotland. The field systems in Medieval Europe included the open-field system, so called because there were no barriers between fields belonging to different farmers. The landscape was one of long and ...
Dried figs, a winter food in Ancient Israelite cuisine. Iranian cuisine; Ancient Israelite cuisine; Byzantine cuisine; Hittite cuisine; History of Chinese cuisine; History of Indian cuisine; Origins of North Indian and Pakistani foods; Ottoman cuisine
Middle Ages c. AD 500 – 1500 A medieval stained glass panel from Canterbury Cathedral, c. 1175 – c. 1180, depicting the Parable of the Sower, a biblical narrative Including Early Middle Ages High Middle Ages Late Middle Ages Key events Fall of the Western Roman Empire Spread of Islam Treaty of Verdun East–West Schism Crusades Magna Carta Hundred Years' War Black Death Fall of ...