IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 822: The Rich Man's Feast and the Poor Man's Fare: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Food and Nutritional Health in the Middle Ages, IV - Early Medieval Recipes: Theory and Practice
Tuesday 12 July 2011, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Wellcome Trust / Medica: Society for the Study of Healing in the Middle Ages |
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| Organiser: | Iona McCleery, Institute for Medieval Studies / School of History, University of Leeds |
| Moderator/Chair: | Alaric Hall, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki |
| Paper 822-a | Apicius: Aspects of the Incorporation of a Cookery Book in the Early Middle Ages, 8th and 9th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Language and Literature - Latin, Medicine, Monasticism |
| Paper 822-b | Rich Pickings from a Seeming Poverty of Evidence: Cuisine in the Eastern Empire (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Byzantine Studies, Daily Life, Medicine |
| Paper 822-c | Feasting at Tintagel in the Late Saxon Period (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Social History |
| Abstract | It is often said that researching medieval food before the 12th century is almost impossible due to the limited sources. These three papers explore early medieval food and eating behaviours in different contexts. The first paper focuses on the use of a Roman cookbook by early medieval monks; the second paper explores the re-enactment of early medieval cooking techniques in Cornwall; the third paper combines these two approaches, using the study of written sources, practical cooking and archaeology to shed light on early Byzantine food. |