Medieval History
It?s fair to assume that Valdemar the Conqueror, while ruling over Denmark in the early 1200s, ate like a king. But, what was the diet like for the peasants below him? The answer depends on where in Denmark the peasants called home.
Radford University anthropology professor Cassady Yoder researched the diets of peasants of medieval Denmark and found a significant difference in the foods consumed by those living in rural areas as opposed to city-dwelling peasants. Yoder?s research was published in the September issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science.
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Medieval History
Who Ate All the Pigs in Medieval Denmark?
It?s fair to assume that Valdemar the Conqueror, while ruling over Denmark in the early 1200s, ate like a king. But, what was the diet like for the peasants below him? The answer depends on where in Denmark the peasants called home.
Radford University anthropology professor Cassady Yoder researched the diets of peasants of medieval Denmark and found a significant difference in the foods consumed by those living in rural areas as opposed to city-dwelling peasants. Yoder?s research was published in the September issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science.
Click here to read this article from Medievalists.net
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Researchers have now assigned a date to the sensational find of a rowboat. The dating cements the small vessel?s position as Denmark?s only preserved medieval rowboat. Archaeologists in the Danish town of Vordingborg have every reason to be excited....
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Until now the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 is largely believed to have been led by a mob of rebel men, but new research shows women played an important role in orchestrating violence against the government. Today people are used to the idea of women...
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Is he, or is he not Hamlet, the Dane? After having claimed for so long that the tragic prince of William Shakespeare?s eponymous play, Hamlet, had his origins in Danish mythology, literary scholars now provide evidence that Denmark?s famous prince was,...
- Was The Great Dane Irish? That Is The Question
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