Chapter Medieval Kitchen “Rough” or “Sophisticated”. Remarks about Material Culture
Knowledge about cuisine and kitchen in the Middle Ages is full of myths and contradictions. The situation has improved in recent times, since cooking has become fashionable. The so-called food studies, contributed to the collaboration of historians, archeozoologists, archaeobotanists, anthropologist...
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| description | Knowledge about cuisine and kitchen in the Middle Ages is full of myths and contradictions. The situation has improved in recent times, since cooking has become fashionable. The so-called food studies, contributed to the collaboration of historians, archeozoologists, archaeobotanists, anthropologists and archaeologists. In this article, however, the kitchen and its equipment are described from the archaeologist’s point of view. We do not always fully realize that our archaeological “potsherds” are relics of pots which were only of a small part of the kitchen equipment. Many objects were made of organic materials – mainly from wood, bast or bark, but also from leather or fabric. This type of equipment is rarely preserved in the ground. Most of the kitchen appliances discussed in the article are simple objects, made of cheap raw materials, so widely available. They were rarely described in sources – they were not subject to pledges, lawsuits and did not appear in wills. Sometimes we only find them in iconography. Hence we know that the image of medieval cuisine is very diverse and depended largely on the wealth of its owner. Certainly, it does not correspond to the still popular myths which see the Middle Ages as a “rough” era. The kitchens of the poor have changed little over the next few centuries. Kitchens of social elites also evolved slowly, but they always remained “fancy”. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1549362025-03-07T13:45:01Z Chapter Medieval Kitchen “Rough” or “Sophisticated”. Remarks about Material Culture Marciniak-Kajzer, Anna kitchen space culinary practices residential practices material culture cultural anthropology Knowledge about cuisine and kitchen in the Middle Ages is full of myths and contradictions. The situation has improved in recent times, since cooking has become fashionable. The so-called food studies, contributed to the collaboration of historians, archeozoologists, archaeobotanists, anthropologists and archaeologists. In this article, however, the kitchen and its equipment are described from the archaeologist’s point of view. We do not always fully realize that our archaeological “potsherds” are relics of pots which were only of a small part of the kitchen equipment. Many objects were made of organic materials – mainly from wood, bast or bark, but also from leather or fabric. This type of equipment is rarely preserved in the ground. Most of the kitchen appliances discussed in the article are simple objects, made of cheap raw materials, so widely available. They were rarely described in sources – they were not subject to pledges, lawsuits and did not appear in wills. Sometimes we only find them in iconography. Hence we know that the image of medieval cuisine is very diverse and depended largely on the wealth of its owner. Certainly, it does not correspond to the still popular myths which see the Middle Ages as a “rough” era. The kitchens of the poor have changed little over the next few centuries. Kitchens of social elites also evolved slowly, but they always remained “fancy”. 2025-03-07T13:45:00Z 2025-03-07T13:45:00Z 2019 chapter ONIX_20250307_9788381423793_361 9788381423793 9788381423779 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/154936 pol image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.press.uni.lodz.pl/index.php/wul/catalog/book/1223 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego 10.18778/8142-379-3.11 Knowledge about cuisine and kitchen in the Middle Ages is full of myths and contradictions. The situation has improved in recent times, since cooking has become fashionable. The so-called food studies, contributed to the collaboration of historians, archeozoologists, archaeobotanists, anthropologists and archaeologists. In this article, however, the kitchen and its equipment are described from the archaeologist’s point of view. We do not always fully realize that our archaeological “potsherds” are relics of pots which were only of a small part of the kitchen equipment. Many objects were made of organic materials – mainly from wood, bast or bark, but also from leather or fabric. This type of equipment is rarely preserved in the ground. Most of the kitchen appliances discussed in the article are simple objects, made of cheap raw materials, so widely available. They were rarely described in sources – they were not subject to pledges, lawsuits and did not appear in wills. Sometimes we only find them in iconography. Hence we know that the image of medieval cuisine is very diverse and depended largely on the wealth of its owner. Certainly, it does not correspond to the still popular myths which see the Middle Ages as a “rough” era. The kitchens of the poor have changed little over the next few centuries. Kitchens of social elites also evolved slowly, but they always remained “fancy”. 10.18778/8142-379-3.11 83bfe9c9-323d-4283-b087-d859fd9af314 9788381423793 9788381423779 191-205 open access |
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