35 min

Medieval Meals & Manners with Danièle Cybulskie The British Food History Podcast

    • History

In today’s episode, I am talking with medieval historian Danièle Cybulskie – also known as the 5-Minute Medievalist – about table manners in the Middle Ages.
Danièle’s excellent new book Chivalry and Courtesy: Medieval Manners for a Modern World is out now and published by Abbeville Press.
We talked about table manners, the importance of sharing and cleanliness, carving terminology, turkey legs and the pressures put on the person organising and overseeing the feasts and meals – the lady of the house…amongst many other things.
Danièle’s website
Danièle is known as @5MinMedievalist on all social media platforms
Find out more about Chivalry and Courtesy: Medieval Manners for a Modern World here

There are four Easter eggs associated with this episode. To become a £3 monthly subscriber, and access them and other premium content, or to buy me a virtual pint or coffee to support the running of the blogs and podcast click here.

Links to things mentioned in today’s episode:
The Goodman of Paris
BBC Food Programme episode about bitter foods on BBC Sounds

Previous podcast episodes pertinent to today’s episode:
Forme of Cury with Christopher Monk

Neil’s blogs:
‘British Food: a History’
‘Neil Cooks Grigson’

Neil’s books:
Before Mrs Beeton: Elizabeth Raffald, England’s Most Influential Housekeeper
A Dark History of Sugar
Both are published by Pen & Sword and available from all good bookshops.

Don’t forget, there will be postbag episodes in the future, so if you have any questions or queries about today’s episode, or indeed any episode, or have a question about the history of British food please email Neil at neil@britishfoodhistory.com, or on twitter and BlueSky @neilbuttery, or Instagram and Threads dr_neil_buttery. His DMs are open.
You can also join the British Food: a History Facebook discussion page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/britishfoodhistory


This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:

Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

In today’s episode, I am talking with medieval historian Danièle Cybulskie – also known as the 5-Minute Medievalist – about table manners in the Middle Ages.
Danièle’s excellent new book Chivalry and Courtesy: Medieval Manners for a Modern World is out now and published by Abbeville Press.
We talked about table manners, the importance of sharing and cleanliness, carving terminology, turkey legs and the pressures put on the person organising and overseeing the feasts and meals – the lady of the house…amongst many other things.
Danièle’s website
Danièle is known as @5MinMedievalist on all social media platforms
Find out more about Chivalry and Courtesy: Medieval Manners for a Modern World here

There are four Easter eggs associated with this episode. To become a £3 monthly subscriber, and access them and other premium content, or to buy me a virtual pint or coffee to support the running of the blogs and podcast click here.

Links to things mentioned in today’s episode:
The Goodman of Paris
BBC Food Programme episode about bitter foods on BBC Sounds

Previous podcast episodes pertinent to today’s episode:
Forme of Cury with Christopher Monk

Neil’s blogs:
‘British Food: a History’
‘Neil Cooks Grigson’

Neil’s books:
Before Mrs Beeton: Elizabeth Raffald, England’s Most Influential Housekeeper
A Dark History of Sugar
Both are published by Pen & Sword and available from all good bookshops.

Don’t forget, there will be postbag episodes in the future, so if you have any questions or queries about today’s episode, or indeed any episode, or have a question about the history of British food please email Neil at neil@britishfoodhistory.com, or on twitter and BlueSky @neilbuttery, or Instagram and Threads dr_neil_buttery. His DMs are open.
You can also join the British Food: a History Facebook discussion page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/britishfoodhistory


This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:

Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

35 min

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