Food and Religious Identities in Spain, 1400-1600 (Religious by Jillian Williams

By Jillian Williams

In the overdue fourteenth century, the Iberian Peninsula used to be domestic to 3 significant religions which coexisted in relative peace. Over the following centuries, quite a few political and social components replaced the face of Iberia dramatically. This booklet examines this era of dynamic switch in Iberian background during the lens of nutrition and its dating to non secular identification. It additionally presents a foundation for extra examine of the relationship among nutrients and identities of every kind.



This examine explores the position of meals as an expression of spiritual id made glaring in such things as fasting, feasting, factor offerings, training tools and commensal kinfolk. It considers the position of nutrition within the formation and redefinition of non secular identities all through this era and its importance within the upkeep of ideological and actual limitations among faiths.



This is an insightful and distinct check out inter-religious dynamics. it is going to accordingly be of serious curiosity to students of spiritual experiences, early smooth ecu background and nutrition reviews.

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