A Hermit's Cookbook: Monks, Food and Fasting in the Middle Ages

by Andrew Jotischky

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How did medieval hermits survive on their self-denying diet? What did they eat, and how did unethical monks get around the rules? The Egyptian hermit Onuphrios was said to have lived entirely on dates, and perhaps the most famous of all hermits, John the Baptist, on locusts and wild honey. Was it really possible to sustain life on so little food?

The history of monasticism is defined by the fierce and passionate abandonment of the ordinary...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0826423930

ISBN13:9780826423931

Release Date:August 2011

Publisher:Continuum

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.6"

Related Subjects

Cooking Cooking History Holiday Cooking Religion Religion & Spirituality

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