Dinner with Griselda

Authors

  • Anthony Lyman-Dixon Independent Scholar Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28451

Keywords:

food and literature, Decameron, Chaucer, Great Plague, medieval diet, peasant foods

Abstract

The author speculates on what could one expect if invited to supper by Griselda, the patient Griselda who was the subject of Boccaccio’s final story in The Decameron, who was then the heroine of ‘The Clerk’s Tale’ in Chaucer, and who also figures in Petrarch and Perrault.

Author Biography

  • Anthony Lyman-Dixon, Independent Scholar

    Anthony Lyman-Dixon grew herbs south of Bristol. He has now retired and his herbs will now grow merrily in the medieval herb garden of Pistoia. He has written much on the history of herbs and other edible plants.

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Published

2013-11-01

Issue

PPC 99 (2013)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Lyman-Dixon, Anthony. 2013. “Dinner With Griselda”. Petits Propos Culinaires, November, 108-15. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28451.