HOF Episode 18: Crusades and Plagues (later Middle Ages)
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How did Europe get out of its dark ages? It’s not a wholesome story, as the secret to their success was mainly the conquest and plunder of other peoples’ luxury goods, namely their foods and spices. Classic Europe.
Would it surprise if I told you that the Black Death did a lot to help as well? Come take a culinary journey through the High and Late Middle Ages, and see why.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Food: A Cultural and Culinary History, lecture by Ken Albala
Life in a Medieval Castle: Medieval Food
Trubek, Amy B. (2000). Haute Cuisine: How the French Invented the Culinary Profession. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press
Economic History Association – The Economic Impact of the Black Death
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