Spices, Spirituality, and Scarcity: Experiences of Food and Drink in the Middle Ages

Authors

Thomas Nelson, Bard College

Degree

Master of Arts in Teaching in History

Files

Publication Date

Spring 2020

Table of Contents

I. Synthesis Essay………………………….......3

II. Primary Documents and Headnotes………27

III. Textbook Critique…………………………...37

IV. New Textbook Entry………………………...40

V. Bibliography…………………………………..49

Keywords

secondary education social studies, food history, historiography

Disciplines

Cultural History | Curriculum and Instruction | European History | Food Studies | Medieval History | Medieval Studies | Near and Middle Eastern Studies | Secondary Education

Comments

Updated Links to Primary Documents:

The Rule of St. Benedict: https://www.solesmes.com/sites/default/files/upload/pdf/rule_of_st_benedict.pdf

The Canterbury Tales – The Parson’s Tale: https://chaucer.fas.harvard.edu/pages/text-and-translations

Medieval Recipe- Garbage: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/CookBk/1:6.2?rgn=div2;view=fulltext

The Main Meal of the Day in an Elite Household: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/24790/24790-h/nurture.html

The Land of Cockayne: https://web.archive.org/web/20050207153710/http://www.thegoldendream.com/landofcokaygne.htm

A Truce at the Byzantine Empire’s Northern Frontier: https://www.academia.edu/35871462/Tastes_of_Byzantium_The_Cuisine_of_a_Legendary_Empire_by_Andrew_Dalby

Medieval Recipe- Turk’s Head: https://books.google.com/books?id=gHWbBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA79#v=onepage&q&f=false

Recommended Citation

Nelson, Thomas, "Spices, Spirituality, and Scarcity: Experiences of Food and Drink in the Middle Ages" (2020). History - Master of Arts in Teaching. 8.
https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/history_mat/8