Dr Andrew Jotischky: 1 book
A Hermit's Cookbook
Monks, Food and Fasting in the Middle Ages
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2011
The Egyptian hermit Onuphrios was said to have lived entirely on dates, and perhaps the most famous of all hermits, John the Baptist, on locusts and wild honey. Was it really possible to sustain life on so little food? The history of monasticism is defined by the fierce and passionate abandonment...
