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

"Food and Identity in England, 1540-1640 considers early modern food consumption in an important new way, connecting English consumption practices between the reigns of Henry VIII and Charles I with ideas of 'self' and 'otherness' in wider contexts of society and the class s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lloyd, Paul S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
Colección:Cultures of early modern Europe.
Temas:
Food habits > England > History.
Diet > England > History.
Habitudes alimentaires > Angleterre > Histoire.
Alimentation > Angleterre > Histoire.
British & Irish history.
Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Agriculture & Food.
Diet
Food habits
Social conditions
Ernährungsgewohnheit
Soziale Identität
England > Social conditions.
Angleterre > Conditions sociales.
England
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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