How pious? How wealthy? The status of eynsham and st albans abbeys between the 8th to the 12th centuries re-examined in the light of their food consumption

Dale Serjeantson; Pam Crabtree; Jacqui Mulville; Kathy Ayres; Claire Ingrem; Alison Locker

doi:10.2307/j.ctvndv5s1.12

How pious? How wealthy? The status of eynsham and st albans abbeys between the 8th to the 12th centuries re-examined in the light of their food consumption

Dale Serjeantson, Pam Crabtree, Jacqui Mulville, Kathy Ayres, Claire Ingrem, Alison Locker

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The link between food consumption and status and power has long been recognised and foodstuffs are a guide to household status where documentary history is lacking or sparse. The remains of the game, domestic animals and fish eaten in the abbeys of Eynsham in Wessex and St Albans in Mercia reveal how the status of these two abbeys fluctuated between the 7th and 12th centuries as they attempted to follow Benedictine food ordinances and also meet their obligations of hospitality.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The Middle Ages Revisited
Subtitle of host publication	Studies in the Archaeology and History of Medieval Southern England Presented to Professor David A. Hinton
Publisher	Archaeopress
Pages	115-140
Number of pages	26
ISBN (Electronic)	9781789690361
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvndv5s1.12
State	Published - Jan 1 2018

Keywords

Benedictine rule
Early medieval
Eynsham abbey
Faunal remains
Food
Piety
St albans abbey

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General Social Sciences
General Arts and Humanities

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Serjeantson, D., Crabtree, P., Mulville, J., Ayres, K., Ingrem, C., & Locker, A. (2018). How pious? How wealthy? The status of eynsham and st albans abbeys between the 8th to the 12th centuries re-examined in the light of their food consumption. In The Middle Ages Revisited: Studies in the Archaeology and History of Medieval Southern England Presented to Professor David A. Hinton (pp. 115-140). Archaeopress. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvndv5s1.12

How pious? How wealthy? The status of eynsham and st albans abbeys between the 8th to the 12th centuries re-examined in the light of their food consumption. / Serjeantson, Dale; Crabtree, Pam; Mulville, Jacqui et al.
The Middle Ages Revisited: Studies in the Archaeology and History of Medieval Southern England Presented to Professor David A. Hinton. Archaeopress, 2018. p. 115-140.

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Serjeantson, D, Crabtree, P, Mulville, J, Ayres, K, Ingrem, C & Locker, A 2018, How pious? How wealthy? The status of eynsham and st albans abbeys between the 8th to the 12th centuries re-examined in the light of their food consumption. in The Middle Ages Revisited: Studies in the Archaeology and History of Medieval Southern England Presented to Professor David A. Hinton. Archaeopress, pp. 115-140. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvndv5s1.12

Serjeantson D, Crabtree P, Mulville J, Ayres K, Ingrem C, Locker A. How pious? How wealthy? The status of eynsham and st albans abbeys between the 8th to the 12th centuries re-examined in the light of their food consumption. In The Middle Ages Revisited: Studies in the Archaeology and History of Medieval Southern England Presented to Professor David A. Hinton. Archaeopress. 2018. p. 115-140 doi: 10.2307/j.ctvndv5s1.12

Serjeantson, Dale ; Crabtree, Pam ; Mulville, Jacqui et al. / How pious? How wealthy? The status of eynsham and st albans abbeys between the 8th to the 12th centuries re-examined in the light of their food consumption. The Middle Ages Revisited: Studies in the Archaeology and History of Medieval Southern England Presented to Professor David A. Hinton. Archaeopress, 2018. pp. 115-140

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