Table of Contents:
  • Fighting for food in the great medieval market : forms and problems of food supply
  • From the fields to the marketplace : the first steps in medieval food production and distribution
  • Avoiding the market : medieval self-sufficiency, provisions, sorage and the conservation of food
  • The kitchen : culture and flavour
  • Around the table : the culture of dining objects and the rites of conviviality
  • Eating according to status : food as a symbol of social hierarchy
  • The food of the others : religious minorities and food conflicts
  • Epilogue.