IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 817: Cistercians, III: Hungry Cistercians - Cooking and Eating in a Cistercian Abbey
Tuesday 5 July 2016, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses |
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Organiser: | Terryl N. Kinder, _Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses_, Pontigny |
Moderator/Chair: | Terryl N. Kinder, _Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses_, Pontigny |
Paper 817-a | Emotional Eating: Diet and the Cultivation of Affection in 12th- and 13th-Century Cistercian Communities (Language: English) Index terms: Mentalities, Monasticism, Religious Life |
Paper 817-b | Just Desserts: Kitchen Service in the Rule of St Benedict and Abbot John of Ford (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism, Religious Life, Sermons and Preaching |
Abstract | Cistercians, like everyone else, had to eat, but did their food differ from other monastic Orders? In this session, monastic rules governing cooking and eating, how food was prepared and preserved in a Cistercian abbey, the biological realities of food consumption, and the monastic belief that emotional change can be effected through the regulation of diet will be explored. |