LEADER 02523nam 2200529 450 001 9910790082603321 005 20230725031024.0 010 $a1-283-12282-0 010 $a9786613122827 010 $a1-4411-5991-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000083285 035 $a(EBL)711061 035 $a(OCoLC)727649566 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000523135 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12180009 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000523135 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10539535 035 $a(PQKB)10113805 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC711061 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5309434 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000083285 100 $a20180314h20112011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA hermit's cookbook $emonks, food and fasting in the Middle Ages /$fAndrew Jotischky 210 1$aLondon, [England] ;$aNew York, New York :$cContinuum,$d2011. 210 4$dİ2011 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8264-2393-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 330 $aThe 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 606 $aMonastic and religious life$xHistory$yMiddle Ages, 600-1500 615 0$aMonastic and religious life$xHistory 676 $a641.59409 700 $aJotischky$b Andrew$f1965-$0932490 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790082603321 996 $aA hermit's cookbook$93744085 997 $aUNINA