Europe was formed in the Middle Ages. The merging of the traditions of Roman-Mediterranean societies with the customs of Northern Europe created new p…
The nineteenth-century West saw extraordinary economic growth and cultural change. This volume explores and explains the birth of the modern world thr…
The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries form a very distinctive period in European food history. This was a time when enduring feudal constraints in …
The nineteenth-century West saw extraordinary economic growth and cultural change. This volume explores and explains the birth of the modern world thr…
During the medieval period, people invested heavily in looking good. The finest fashions demanded careful chemistry and compounds imported from great…
The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries form a very distinctive period in European food history. This was a time when enduring feudal constraints in …
In the modern age (1920-2000), vast technological innovation spurred greater concentration, standardization, and globalization of the food supply. As …
The nineteenth-century West saw extraordinary economic growth and cultural change. This volume explores and explains the birth of the modern world thr…
Food and attitudes toward it were transformed in Renaissance Europe. The period between 1300 and 1600 saw the discovery of the New World and the culti…
From Archaic Greece until the Late Roman Empire (c. 800 BCE to c. 500 CE), food was more than a physical necessity; it was a critical factor in politi…
As much as the nineteenth and early twentieth century gardens and their designs were a product and representation of industrialisation and urbanisatio…
Europe was formed in the Middle Ages. The merging of the traditions of Roman-Mediterranean societies with the customs of Northern Europe created new p…
As much as the nineteenth and early twentieth century gardens and their designs were a product and representation of industrialisation and urbanisatio…
The history of gardens in antiquity is characterized by a rich mix of cultures interacting throughout Europe, Africa and Asia. This period - from the …
The Rev'd Natalie Cross, a high-profile priest at St Paul's Cathedral, is tipped to be one of the first female bishops in the Church of England. S…
