Food culture in Medieval Scandinavia

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Label

Food culture in Medieval Scandinavia

Statement of responsibility

edited by Viktória Gyönki and Andrea Maraschi

Contributor

• Maraschi, Andrea
• Gyönki, Viktória

Editor

• Gyönki, Viktória
• Maraschi, Andrea

Subject

• Cooking, Scandinavian -- History -- To 1500
• Food habits -- Scandinavia -- History -- To 1500
• Scandinavia -- Social life and customs
• Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500

Language

eng

Summary

The making, eating, and sharing of food throughout society represents an important and exciting area of study with the potential to advance the field of scholarship, particularly in the context of Scandinavian Studies. This book analyses the historical, legal, and literary sources of the region during the medieval period to explore different aspects of Scandinavian culture relating to food and drink: production, consumption (including feasts), trading (distribution), and the associated social rituals. Using new and innovative approaches, this collection of studies offers broad insights into a great variety of social practices and includes fresh information on not only social history but also traditional topics such as trade, commercial exchange, legal regulation, and political organisation. The book unites contributors from a variety of backgrounds, further enriching the content of a collection that promises to make a significant contribution to the state of current research.--

Member of

• Early medieval North Atlantic

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Provided by publisher

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

• The Early medieval North Atlantic
• Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks