A Hermit's Cookbook: Monks, Food and Fasting in the Middle Ages
Andrew Jotischky
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 comforts of life, the most striking being food and drink. A Hermit’s Cookbook
opens with stories and pen-portraits of the Desert Fathers of early
Christianity and their followers who were ascetic solitaries, hermits
and pillar-dwellers. It proceeds to explore how the ideals of the desert
fathers were revived in both the Byzantine and western traditions,
looking at the cultivation of food in monasteries, eating and cooking,
and why hunting animals was rejected by any self-respecting hermit. Full
of rich anecdotes, and including recipes for basic monk’s stew and
bread soup - and many others - this is a fascinating story of hermits,
monks, food and fasting in the Middle Ages.
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 comforts of life, the most striking being food and drink. A Hermit’s Cookbook
opens with stories and pen-portraits of the Desert Fathers of early
Christianity and their followers who were ascetic solitaries, hermits
and pillar-dwellers. It proceeds to explore how the ideals of the desert
fathers were revived in both the Byzantine and western traditions,
looking at the cultivation of food in monasteries, eating and cooking,
and why hunting animals was rejected by any self-respecting hermit. Full
of rich anecdotes, and including recipes for basic monk’s stew and
bread soup - and many others - this is a fascinating story of hermits,
monks, food and fasting in the Middle Ages.
श्रेणियाँ:
प्रकाशन:
Continuum
भाषा:
english
ISBN 10:
0826423930
ISBN 13:
9780826423931
फ़ाइल:
PDF, 1.84 MB
IPFS:
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