{"product_id":"a-hermits-cookbook-monks-food-and-fasting-in-the-middle-ages-hardcover","title":"A Hermit's Cookbook: Monks, Food and Fasting in the Middle Ages - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Jotischky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did medieval hermits survive on their self-denying diet? What did they eat, and how did unethical monks get around the rules? 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? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe history of monasticism is defined by the fierce and passionate abandonment of the ordinary comforts of life, the most striking being food and drink. \u003ci\u003eA Hermit's Cookbook\u003c\/i\u003e 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 desert fathers were revived in both the Byzantine and western traditions, looking at the cultivation of food in monasteries, eating and cooking, and why hunting animals was rejected by any self-respecting hermit. Full of rich anecdotes, and including recipes for basic monk's stew and bread soup -- and many others -- this is a fascinating story of hermits, monks, food and fasting in the Middle Ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Jotischky \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Medieval History at Lancaster University, UK. He has published widely on aspects of medieval religious history; his principal publications include \u003ci\u003eCrusading and the Crusader \u003c\/i\u003eStates (2004), and \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Historical Atlas of the Bible Lands\u003c\/i\u003e, with Caroline Hull (2009).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.6 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 02, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47450044760242,"sku":"9780826423931","price":144.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/d01ce8fb4c53fbc3531d8e0482bb8e29.webp?v=1778778718","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/a-hermits-cookbook-monks-food-and-fasting-in-the-middle-ages-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}