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Food and health in early modern Europe : diet, medicine and society, 1450-1800 /

Food and Health in Early Modern Europe is both a history of food practices and a history of the medical discourse about that food. It is also an exploration of the interaction between the two: the relationship between evolving foodways and shifting medical advice on what to eat in order to stay heal...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gentilcore, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., 2015.
Colección:Online access with DDA: Askews (Medicine)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Introduction
  • 1 Healthy Food: Renaissance Dietetics, c.1450-c.1650
  • 2 Healthy Food: The Fall and Rise of Dietetics, c.1650-c.1800
  • 3 Rich Food, Poor Food: Diet, Physiology and Social Rank
  • 4 Regional Food: Nature and Nation in Europe
  • 5 Holy Food: Spiritual and Bodily Health
  • 6 Vegetable Food: The Vegetarian Option
  • 7 New World Food: The Columbian Exchange and Its European Impact
  • 8 Liquid Food: Drinking for Health
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.