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View a series of extracts from some of the oldest known cookbooks written in English. Accompanying essays explain various aspects of the medieval English diet, including the differences in food eaten by peasants and by medieval elites at their banqueting tables, and links to cookbooks produced after 1500 allow comparison of cuisines across six centuries of British history.
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medieval cuisine, medieval daily life, medieval diet, medieval feasts, medieval food, medieval meals, britain in the middle ages, british library: language & literature: books for cooks: medieval food, england in the middle ages, cooking in the middle ages, daily life in the middle ages, diet in the middle ages, food in the middle ages, medieval britain, medieval england, middle ages
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- Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)