They found stews of mutton and beef with vegetables such as cabbage and leek were the mainstay of the medieval peasant diet. Dairy products such as cheese also played an important role.

the team found that stews of mutton and beef with vegetables such as cabbage and leek were a mainstay of the medieval peasant diet. However, dairy products such as cheese also played an important ...

Life for the medieval peasant was certainly no picnic. His life was shadowed by fear of famine, disease and bursts of warfare. His diet and personal hygiene left much to be desired. But despite ...

Forget royal feasts – the daily diet of a medieval peasant was humble, repetitive, and shaped by hard labor and seasonal harvests. In this video, we explore what the average person actually ate ...

So, what about the peasants who lived out in the countryside? What did they eat? Or the poorer people in the towns and cities? And what about the rich nobles and royal courtiers? Let’s travel ...

What, then, did they eat? Minimalism and monotony are the key words that characterised the peasant menu. The pillars of their diet included floury dishes, groats, cereals, potatoes, and milk. Even in ...

One example of where archaeology is spreading much-needed light is on the diet of the English common folk (often erroneously called peasants) of medieval times. While we have cookbooks ...

Life for the medieval peasant was certainly no picnic. His life was shadowed by fear of famine, disease and bursts of warfare. His diet and personal hygiene left much to be desired. But despite ...

A peasant-style diet abundant in simple fare such as potatoes, vegetables, milk and fish kept the rural poor of mid-Victorian Ireland much healthier than their urban counterparts, a study has shown.