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The great household in late medieval England
No full textIn the later medieval centuries, a whole range of important social, political, and artistic activities took place against the backdrop of the great English households. In this lively book, C. M. Woolgar explores the fascinating details of life in a great house. Based on extensive investigation of household accounts and related primary documents, Woolgar vividly illuminates the operations of great households. He also delineates the major changes that transformed the economy and geography of both lay and clerical households between 1200 and 1500.In this portrait of aristocratic and gentry life in medieval England, Woolgar describes the roles of family members, the situations of servants, the uses of space within the household, food and drink for daily consumption and for special occasions, furnishing, clothing, arrangements for travel, household animals, cleanliness and hygiene, entertainment, the practices of religion, and intellectual life. The author also analyzes the qualitative and social evolution of great households as definitions of magnificence and conventions of etiquette became increasingly elaborate
Queens and crowns: Philippa of Hainaut, possessions and the queen's chamber in mid XIVth-century England
No full textPossessions were an essential complement to the sovereign's body and an important component in court spectacle that went with it. An examination of the role of goods in day-to-day life in the household of Queen Philippa of Hainaut, the wife of Edward III of England, establishes the character of her possessions and the connections that came with them. Queen Philippa and her chamber were at the centre of a continuous traffic in goods and possessions, commissions, purchases, gifts and disposals. There was a separation between the regalia used for great solemn occasions and those in day-to-day use. The queen received gifts linked to the life cycle, yet like most of her possessions these were far from inalienable and a great deal did not endure in a family context. Her own gift-giving focused on alms and memorialisation
Conversations with the Duke
No full textA discussion of the records of the conversation of the first Duke of Wellingto
Food and the middle ages
No full textThe study of food in the middle ages attracted much interest among antiquarians from the eighteenth century on. New perspectives came with the growth of social and economic history. Over the last two decades, re-evaluation of historical sources, along with contributions from other disciplines, especially archaeology, the archaeological sciences, anthropology and sociology, have changed the possibilities for this area of research. The study of cooking, of cuisine and its cultural context, as much as food production and the material conditions of life, is now central to developing our understanding of consumption. This paper explores new possibilities for the study of taste and demotic cuisine, food and virtue, the association of women with food, and the role of food in society and in cultural change
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