Anglo-Saxon appetites
Subtitle: food and drink and their consumption in Old English and related literature
By: Hugh Magennis.
Publisher: Four Courts Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Dublin, Ireland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
Subjects: Beowulf.; English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism.; Food habits in literature.; Food -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.; Drinking customs -- England -- History -- To 1500.; Anglo-Saxons -- Social life and customs.; Food habits -- England -- History -- To 1500.; Drinking customs in literature.; Gastronomy in literature.; Germanic peoples.; England -- Social life and customs -- To 1066.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-188) and index.