Food and foodways of medieval Cairenes : aspects of life in an Islamic metropolis of the eastern Mediterranean /

This is a pioneering study which analyzes the food cultures of medieval Cairenes on the basis of a large corpus of historical texts in Arabic. Individual chapters discuss what, why, and how the inhabitants of medieval Cairo ate what they did, and in which ways food shaped their everyday lives. Given...

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Main Author: Lewicka, Paulina B.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Series: Islamic History and Civilization 88.
Brill's Companions to Middle East and Islamic Studies Online I, ISBN: 9789004389243.

Subjects:

Diet > Egypt > Cairo > History.

Dinners and dining > Religious aspects > Islam > History.

Food habits > Religious aspects > Islam > History.

Food habits > Egypt > Cairo > History.