SC - Holy Feast and Holy Fast-OT

[Laura C. Minnick]

LrdRas at aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 5/4/00 4:00:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> grizly at mindspring.com writes:
> 
> << Food in the context of culture . . .
>  Christianity was rife in the Middle Ages and pervaded life.  Seemed a
>  good topic for food scholars.
> 
>  niccolo >>
> 
> It actually pervaded noble life. The resulting burning and other atrocities
> in late period assured it's proliferation among non-nobles.

Sigh. Did you not have your caffeine today Ras? ;-)

Christianity thoroughly permeated lives of everyone in western Europe in
the Middle Ages- not just the nobility. They kept time by the hours.
They knew when to plant by feast days. They paid their tithes. Women
counted time for cooking by recitations of Aves and Pater Nosters. There
were baptisms, weddings, Last Rites. They went to confession.

Religious practice was _very_ important to the villagers- even if they
weren't Orthodox! A fascinating portrait of village life and religious
practice is in _Montaillou_, by Roy Ladurie. Some of the villagers are
Catholic, some are Cathar (this is records from late 13th- early 14th
c.). These folks even sit around on the front step and discuss
theology...

I personally don't believe that burning had much of anything to do with
it...

'Lainie
who is sometimes known as Father Abelard the Lesser, Dominican lawyer...