In this book readers will find stories about medieval heresies and "magic" from an unusual perspective: that of food studies. The time span ranges from Late Antiquity to the Late Middle Ages, while the geographical scope includes regions as different as North Africa, Spain, Ireland, continental Europe, the Holy land, and Central Asia.
In this book readers will find stories about medieval heresies and "magic" from an unusual perspective: that of food studies. The time span ranges from Late Antiquity to the Late Middle Ages, while the geographical scope includes regions as different as North Africa, Spain, Ireland, continental Europe, the Holy land, and Central Asia.
Andrea Maraschi has a PhD in Medieval History (University of Bologna), and has been a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Iceland and at the University of Bari. He teaches Anthropology of Food at the University of Bologna. His research interests touch, among other things, the history of food, the history of magic, and the history of medicine.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction On food and boundaries: New trends in Food History Part I. Religious boundaries Chapter 1: Religious Identities and Consuming Differences in Augustine's De haeresibus Chapter 2: Dinner with the Heretic: The Story of an Ordal Meal in the De Gloria Martyrum by Gregory of Tours Chapter 3: Consuming Heresy according to Walter Map: How to restate the boundaries of the status quo Chapter 4: Kumiss in William of Rubruck's Itinerarium: A Mongolian Beverage of Apostasy Part II. Magical boundaries Chapter 5: Saint Brigit and Milk from the Otherworld Chapter 6: A Pagan Counter-Cuisine: Food and the Supernatural in Burchard of Worms's Corrector Chapter 7: Cannibalism and natural magic: Human flesh as a gate to the hidden powers of nature in the Picatrix Chapter 8: Niccolò da Poggibonsi and the Magical Bread of Bethlehem Concluding remarks: Boundary foods and boundaries of food Index.
Introduction On food and boundaries: New trends in Food History Part I. Religious boundaries Chapter 1: Religious Identities and Consuming Differences in Augustine's De haeresibus Chapter 2: Dinner with the Heretic: The Story of an Ordal Meal in the De Gloria Martyrum by Gregory of Tours Chapter 3: Consuming Heresy according to Walter Map: How to restate the boundaries of the status quo Chapter 4: Kumiss in William of Rubruck's Itinerarium: A Mongolian Beverage of Apostasy Part II. Magical boundaries Chapter 5: Saint Brigit and Milk from the Otherworld Chapter 6: A Pagan Counter-Cuisine: Food and the Supernatural in Burchard of Worms's Corrector Chapter 7: Cannibalism and natural magic: Human flesh as a gate to the hidden powers of nature in the Picatrix Chapter 8: Niccolò da Poggibonsi and the Magical Bread of Bethlehem Concluding remarks: Boundary foods and boundaries of food Index.
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