- History of food fears: the Middle Ages to the dawn of the twentieth century - Madeleine Ferrières - Books

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  • A wealth of information that goes well beyond the theme  

    History of food fears: From the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century (Paperback)
    Really interesting. This dense and very well documented book shows the relationship our ancestors had to diet and how their priorities, concerns, beliefs and taboos have evolved since the late Middle Ages (included) and the early 20th century, with a
  • food scares do not new  

    History of food fears: From the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century (Paperback)
    Today we often hear alerts bacteria on defective preserves, meat from animals sick ... Mr. Ferriere shows in this book that in the Middle Ages, Western populations (the study is based on archives drawn from European funds) have legislated to prevent
  • Excellent work of history  

    History of food fears: From the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century (Paperback)
    Madeleine Ferrières is professor of modern history, a specialist in material culture. She published "History of food fears: the Middle Ages to the dawn of the twentieth century" in 2002. This book is remarkable historian, instructive, exciting.
  • A pioneer work  

    History of food fears: From the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century (Paperback)
    Studied in the long term, food fears appear to be an essential element of the report to the corporate environment. the work of Madeleine Ferrières helps to overcome the clichés about the irrationality of the behavior of ancient societies and shows th