{"product_id":"food-and-health-in-early-modern-europe-diet-medicine-and-society-1450-1800-paperback","title":"Food and Health in Early Modern Europe: Diet, Medicine and Society, 1450-1800 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Gentilcore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFood and Health in Early Modern Europe \u003c\/i\u003eis both a history of food practices and a history of the medical discourse about that food. It is also an exploration of the interaction between the two: the relationship between evolving foodways and shifting medical advice on what to eat in order to stay healthy. It provides the first in-depth study of printed dietary advice covering the entire early modern period, from the late-15th century to the early-19th; it is also the first to trace the history of European foodways as seen through the prism of this advice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Gentilcore offers a doctor's-eye view of changing food and dietary fashions: from Portugal to Poland, from Scotland to Sicily, not forgetting the expanding European populations of the New World. In addition to exploring European regimens throughout the period, works of materia medica, botany, agronomy and horticulture are considered, as well as a range of other printed sources, such as travel accounts, cookery books and literary works. The book also includes 30 illustrations, maps and extensive chapter bibliographies with web links included to further aid study. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFood and Health in Early Modern Europe\u003c\/i\u003e is the essential introduction to the relationship between food, health and medicine for history students and scholars alike.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Gentilcore is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, UK. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eItaly and the Potato: A History, 1550-2000\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), \u003ci\u003ePomodoro!: A History of the Tomato in Italy\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) and \u003ci\u003eMedical Charlatanism in Early Modern Italy\u003c\/i\u003e (2006).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 19, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51807545557280,"sku":"9781472534972","price":80.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dc02c1860fa3f2073d10f07bcd7679c9.webp?v=1780934818","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/food-and-health-in-early-modern-europe-diet-medicine-and-society-1450-1800-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}