While Shepherds Ate

Authors

  • Eileen White Independent Scholar Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28067

Keywords:

medieval, shepherd plays, Chester Shepherd's Play, Wakefield Shepherd's Play, rations, livery, English literature, food lists, Craft Guilds, account books, offal, meal courses, late medieval english, dialect, imaginary feasts, recipes

Abstract

I am looking here at two medieval shepherd plays that specifically describe their shared supper, from the cycles of Chester and Wakefield. Apart from some brief background information, this approach concentrates on the food, not the literary value, authorship or performance practice of the plays.

Author Biography

  • Eileen White, Independent Scholar

    Eileen White’s first study was early English drama but she has long been associated with the Leeds Symposium on Food History, as organizer, editor and contributor.

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Published

2019-06-01

Issue

PPC 114 (2019)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

White, Eileen. 2019. “While Shepherds Ate”. Petits Propos Culinaires, June, 108-28. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28067.