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Food and identity in England, 1540-1640 : eating to impress /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lloyd, Paul S.
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
Series:Cultures of early modern Europe.
Subjects:
Food habits > England > History.
Diet > England > History.
England > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • I. Approaches
  • Introduction
  • Literature on food history
  • 'Sorts' of people in England, 1540-1640
  • Sources and methods
  • Food and identity
  • Food symbolism: luxury and necessity
  • Food symbolism: sociability
  • II. Social Groups
  • The 'meaner sort' and their diets
  • Labourers and the poor
  • Household servants
  • The middling sort and their diets
  • Labourers and the poor
  • Household servants
  • The middling sort and their diets
  • Wealthy yeomen
  • Urban 'professionals' and artisans
  • The diet of the gentry
  • Staple foods
  • High quality and high-priced variants of staple foods
  • Exclusive foods and foods used sparingly
  • III. Social relations
  • Special foods and their preparation
  • Special foods
  • Recipes and ready-made foods
  • Fake luxuries
  • Interactions
  • Gifts and hospitality
  • Special occasions
  • Critiques of feasting
  • Conclusion: Eating to Impress.