Food, Social Politics and the Order of Nature in Renaissance Italy

Using a variety of analytical methods and theoretical approaches, this book moves food studies firmly into the arena of Late Medieval and Renaissance history, providing an essential key to deciphering the material and metaphorical complexity of this period in European, and especially Italian, history.

Folosind o varietate de metode analitice si abordari teoretice, aceasta carte muta studiile alimentare cu fermitate in arena istoriei medievale tarzii si a Renasterii, oferind o cheie esentiala pentru descifrarea complexitatii materiale si metaforice a acestei perioade in istoria europeana, si mai ales cea italiana.