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UNINA9910459937703321 |
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Autore |
Jotischky Andrew <1965-> |
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Titolo |
A hermit's cookbook : monks, food and fasting in the Middle Ages / / Andrew Jotischky |
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London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2011 |
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©2011 |
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1-283-12282-0 |
9786613122827 |
1-4411-5991-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Monastic and religious life - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500 |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Beginnings - who were the first monks?; 2 Desert fathers, pillar-saints and fasting; 3 The 'hermit craze' of the Middle Ages; 4 Herbs and health; 5 From field to table - the medieval monastic experience; 6 Medieval diets - the food landscape; 7 Conclusion; Notes; Further Reading; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 dese |
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UNINA9910451402603321 |
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Autore |
Johnson Wendell <1906-1965.> |
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The onset of stuttering [[electronic resource] ] : research findings and implications / / [by] Wendell Johnson and associates ; Richard M. Boehmler ... [et al.] |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, [1959] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Stuttering |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. The earlier studies -- pt. 2. Study III -- pt. 3. Summary and conclusions. |
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