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Hermit's Cookbook Monks Food and Fasting in the Middle Ages by Andrew HC New
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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Book Title
- A Hermit's Cookbook: Monks, Food and Fasting in the Middle Ages
- ISBN-10
- 0826423930
- ISBN
- 9780826423931
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-10
0826423930
ISBN-13
9780826423931
eBay Product ID (ePID)
92850924
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Publication Name
Hermit's Cookbook : Monks, Food and Fasting in the Middle Ages
Language
English
Subject
Christian Life / General, Christian Church / History, Religious, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), History, Europe / Medieval
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, Cooking, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2011-282959
Reviews
Andrew Jotischky's book is a valuable addition to the literature on the monastic life and deserves more than a specialist readership. And it has many appetising monastic recipes., This is a sparkling book, hugely informative about monasticism in general and hermits in particular with the addition of some surprisingly appetising recipes. Mortification and nettles turn out to be only one part of the story of how hermits battled with the devil; hospitality and humility were equally important as was a good knowledge of bread-making and a sound digestion. Tree bark is probably not to everyone's taste., 'What underlies this entertaining, informative account of monastic diet is the unexplored issue of food consumption as a means exercising individual and social control... this is a book that does more than it says on the tin.'
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
271.02
Table Of Content
Preface / 1. Beginnings - Who were the First Monks? / 2. Desert fathers, Pillar-saints and Fasting / 3. The 'Hermit Craze' of the Middle Ages / 4. Herbs and Health / 5. From Field to Table - the Medieval Monastic Experience / 6. Medieval Diets - the Food Landscape / Conclusion / Further Reading
Synopsis
How did medieval hermits survive on their self-denying diet? What did they eat, and how did unethical monks get around the rules?, How did medieval hermits survive on their self-denying diet? What did they eat, and how did unethical monks get around the rules? The Egyptian hermit Onuphrios was said to have lived entirely on dates, and perhaps the most famous of all hermits, John the Baptist, on locusts and wild honey. Was it really possible to sustain life on so little food? The history of monasticism is defined by the fierce and passionate abandonment of the ordinary comforts of life, the most striking being food and drink. A Hermit's Cookbook opens with stories and pen portraits of the Desert Fathers of early Christianity and their followers who were ascetic solitaries, hermits and pillar-dwellers. It proceeds to explore how the ideals of the desert fathers were revived in both the Byzantine and western traditions, looking at the cultivation of food in monasteries, eating and cooking, and why hunting animals was rejected by any self-respecting hermit. Full of rich anecdotes, and including recipes for basic monk's stew and bread soup -- and many others -- this is a fascinating story of hermits, monks, food and fasting in the Middle Ages.
LC Classification Number
BX2845
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