Popular representations of the Tudors at table have caricatured them as loud, gross and lacking any manners. This is actually far from the case, as food and dining were used as social display by the upwardly mobile. For those with money, meals became extravagantly sophisticated, with a staggering number of courses and breathtaking table displays. Even those lower down the social scale enjoyed some of the benefits of increasing prosperity and the new markets which England's merchants exploited, bringing new foodstuffs into the country and new ideas about eating.
Popular representations of the Tudors at table have caricatured them as loud, gross and lacking any manners. This is actually far from the case, as food and dining were used as social display by the upwardly mobile. For those with money, meals became extravagantly sophisticated, with a staggering number of courses and breathtaking table displays. Even those lower down the social scale enjoyed some of the benefits of increasing prosperity and the new markets which England's merchants exploited, bringing new foodstuffs into the country and new ideas about eating.
| ISBN-13: | 9780750937726 |
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| Publisher: | The History Press |
| Publication date: | 07/25/2005 |
| Series: | Food and Feasts Series |
| Pages: | 256 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.50(d) |
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