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SIM, ALISON: : FOOD AND FEAST IN TUDOR ENGLAND

UK.STROUD,GLOUCESTERSHIRE.SUTTON PUBLISHING,1997.

ISBN 0750914769.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clip to dw/dj.Crisp,bright, clean,glossy laminated colour+b/w illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edge bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright,clean,maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xipp+1-179pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,b/w photographic frntis (Leigh Cup],contents+illus lists,10 chapters,10 colour plates between pp84/5,47 b/w drawings/diagrams/photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book, notes,further reading (general info on life in the 16thC.] and an index. Popular representations of the Tudors at table have caricatured diners of the period as loud, gross and lacking any polite graces.This is far from the case,as Alison Sim shows in this lavishly illustrated and highly readable account of Tudor eating habits.Tudor society went through vast changes,many of which were reflected in the food which people ate and in the way food and dining were used for social display by the upwardly mobile.For those with money,meals became extravagantly sophisticated, with a staggering number of courses and breathtaking table displays.Even those lower down the social scale enjoyed some of the benefits of increasing prosperity and the new markets which England's merchants exploited, bringing new foodstuffs into the country and new ideas about eating.Among the topics which 'Food and Feast in Tudor England' addresses are Tudor ideas on healthy eating and Tudor etiquette. Although their ideas were sometimes very different from ours,the Tudors had quite explicit ideas on the effects of various foods on the body and on the health-giving properties of certain ingredients.These ideas were explored in the many dietary manuals published at the time,which Alison Sim has used in her research for the book. Etiquette,too,was treated with great seriousness in this period,and those who wished to impress a potential patron or benefactor were keen to show off their good manners.What emerges from this evidence is a more balanced and certainly more attractive picture of Tudor dining and feasting.This is the first general overview of Tudor dining,and makes the case for regarding Tudor food and feast as different from its medieval counterpart.It brings alive the royal courts and great houses of the period,but considers also the lives of the poor,whose diet was so crucially dependent on the seasons.All those interested in daily life in Tudor times and in the way that food and eating have changed over the centuries will enjoy this book. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

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