[Sca-cooks] 12th Century

Marguerite fitzWilliam m_fitzwilliam at msn.com
Mon Feb 22 07:57:40 PST 2010


Thank you,

 

You are right about my interests, and I appreciate the links.


Marguerite fitz William, JdL 
Exchequer, Barony of Aquaterra
Courtier to Their Excellencies, Hauk and Rosamund of Aquaterra 
Aide de Vénerie 

Motto: Et Hoc Quoque Transibit
 
Or, a natural panther statant contourny sable, on a chief engrailed vert three plates



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> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:29:06 -0600
> From: "Mark S. Harris" <marksharris at austin.rr.com>
> To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] 12th Century
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> Marguerite fitzWilliam wrote:
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> <<< I don't suppose any one knows of a source for 12th century Norman/ 
> French/Saxon or Welsh cooking information in English? SCA 
> translations and redctions are fine. >>>
> 
> To which 'Lainie replied:
> 
> <<< Marguerite, that I know of there are no actual recipes extant from 
> that
> time period. However, something you might think about exploring are
> inventories and manorial records. They frequently list things like what
> crops are being grown, what animals are kept, even what is growing in
> the kitchen gardens. You won't get recipes, but you will learn a lot
> about diet. And that's a start. >>>
> 
> I'm not sure if your interest spreads past food or not, but I will go 
> out on a limb, and considering your name, assume yes it does.
> 
> If that is the case, you might want to take a look on the extensive 
> set of bibliographies that can be found in THE 12TH CENTURY section of 
> the Florilegium, most of which were written by 'Lainie.
> 
> 12C-Art-Arch-bib (12K) 1/ 8/01 "Art and Architecture" by HL Elaine de
> Montgris (known as 'Lainie).
> 12C-Biograph-bib (25K) 1/13/01 "Biographies" by HL Elaine de Montgris
> 12C-Britain-bib (28K) 2/ 4/01 "The British Isles" by HL Elaine de 
> Montgris
> 12C-Chivalry-bib (8K) 2/13/01 "Chivalry" by HL Elaine de Montgris
> 12C-Crusades-bib (24K) 1/13/01 "The Crusades" by HL Elaine de 
> Montgris
> 12C-Europe-bib (8K) 1/18/01 "Continental Europe" by HL Elaine de
> Montgris (known as 'Lainie).
> 12C-Feudalism-bib (16K) 2/22/01 "Government and Feudalism" by HL 
> Elaine de
> Montgris (known as 'Lainie).
> 12C-Law-bib (11K) 1/14/01 "Law" by HL Elaine de Montgris
> 12C-Margins-bib (12K) 1/ 7/01 "On the Margins (Women, sex, 
> minorities,
> etc.)" by HL Elaine de Montgris.
> 12C-Movies-bib (8K) 2/25/01 "Movies from 12th c. texts" by HL 
> Elaine de
> Montgris (known as 'Lainie).
> 12C-Music-bib (16K) 1/18/01 "Music" by HL Elaine de Montgris
> 12C-Must-Read-bib (20K) 1/ 7/01 "Must Read List" bibliography by HL 
> Elaine
> de Montgris (known as 'Lainie).
> 12C-Normans-bib (8K) 1/ 7/01 "The Normans" bibliography by HL 
> Elaine de
> Montgris (known as 'Lainie).
> 12C-Philo-Edu-bib (10K) 1/14/01 "Philosophy and Education" 
> bibliography by
> HL Elaine de Montgris (known as 
> 'Lainie).
> 12C-Pop-Lit-bib (20K) 1/20/01 "Popular Literature" by HL Elaine de
> Montgris (known as 'Lainie).
> 12C-Religion-bib (12K) 1/11/01 "Religion" by HL Elaine de Montgris
> 
> Stefan
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> Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:39:39 -0800
> From: "Laura C. Minnick" <lcm at jeffnet.org>
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> Mark S. Harris wrote:
> >
> > If that is the case, you might want to take a look on the extensive 
> > set of bibliographies that can be found in THE 12TH CENTURY section of 
> > the Florilegium, most of which were written by 'Lainie.
> Hmm... that reminds me that they need to be updated. Another task to put 
> in the endless queue...
> 
> 'Lainie
> 
> 
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