A new study from the University of Bristol claims to have, for the first time, found direct, definitive evidence of the food eaten by medieval common folk in England. Based on the chemical analysis of ...

Scientists from the University of Bristol have uncovered, for the first time, definitive evidence that determines what types of food medieval peasants ate and how they managed their animals. Using ...

Medieval peasants enjoyed stews and plenty of dairy products (PA) Medieval peasants mainly ate stews of meat and vegetables, along with dairy products such as cheese, scientists have found. Food ...

An illustration of the small medieval village of West Cotton in Northamptonshire where ancient cooking pots were found Medieval peasants mainly ate stews of meat and vegetables, along with dairy ...

Medieval peasants mainly ate stews of meat and vegetables, along with dairy products such as cheese, according to a study of old cooking pots. Researchers analysed food residues from the remains of ...

When people belonging to peasant communities in late medieval Sweden prayed to God they usually stood up and put their palms together. That was how they displayed their devotion before God. This is ...

Northill, Bedfordshire: A moat marks the boundary by which the lords of the manor guarded their winter stocks of fish and flesh from the peasantry A man with two dogs spilled out of Home Wood and we ...