A Hermit's Cookbook: Monks, Food and Fasting in the Middle Ages

ISBN-13: 9780826423931 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 224 str.

Andrew Jotischky

Opis

The Egyptian hermit Onuphrios was said to have lived entirely on dates, and John the Baptist on locusts and wild honey. Was it really possible to sustain life on so little food? Full of anecdotes, this is the story of hermits, monks, food and fasting in the Middle Ages.