In this revelatory work of social history, C. M. Woolgar shows that food in late-medieval England was far more complex, varied, and more culturally significant than we imagine today. Drawing on a vast range of sources, he charts how emerging technologies as well as an influx of new flavors and trends from abroad had an impact on eating habits across the social spectrum. From the pauper's bowl to elite tables, from early fad diets to the perceived moral superiority of certain foods, and from regional folk remedies to luxuries such as lampreys, Woolgar illuminates desire, necessity, daily rituals, and pleasure across four centuries.
A ONCE IN A LIFETIME CHANCE CAUGHT IN A GLOBAL STRUGGLE FOR POWER HER ONLY OPTION IS TO SURVIVE THE JOURNEY An exciting future thriller that takes you on a journey of twists and suspense. Skye Hunter, a country girl with high tech dreams, gets a chance of a lifetime at the number one tech company in the world. From STEM classes to industrial intrigue. Skye’s world goes from sleepless nights coding simple algorithms to life and death adventures involving corporate assassins, merciless rebels, and the most advanced AI mind ever created. Her only chance of survival, with the help of her friends and skills, is to make it to one of the last cities still standing.
In 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 vividly illuminating book, C. M. Woolgar explores the details of life in these great houses. Based on an extensive investigation of household accounts and related primary documents, he examines the daily routines, the weekly and annual patterns, and the life-cycle observances of birth, childhood, marriage, death and burial. He also delineates the major changes that transformed the economy and geography of both lay and clerical households between 1200 and 1500.
It was a pleasant little town in the Northeast. It had never been hurricane country. When they heard that Diane was coming, they couldn’t really believe it would harm them. And the hurricane itself didn’t touch them. But the rains caused by the hurricane ravaged their little town as viciously as the worst artillery attack could have done. This is a powerful and tremendously graphic novel of people trapped in that town: and how they learned what a flood really means. And how they found out what they themselves were like.
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