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Sources and references
Reference 1 page 38, The Anglo-Saxon chronicles
Reference 2 page 50 The Anglo-Saxon chronicles
Reference 3 page 151 Appendix D, Anglo-Saxon food, processing and consumption. Ann Hagen.
Reference 4 page 23 Anglo-Saxon food, processing and consumption. Ann Hagen.
Reference 5 page 83 Anglo-Saxon food, processing and consumption. Ann Hagen.
Reference 6 page 88, Asser life of King Alfred.
Reference 7 page 36 Anglo-Saxon food and drink, production and distribution, Ann Hagen.
Reference 8 page 180 Anglo-Saxon food and drink, production and distribution, Ann Hagen.
Reference 9 page 183 Anglo-Saxon food and drink, production and distribution, Ann Hagen.
Reference 10 page 101 Asser life of King Alfred.
Reference 11 page 13 Anglo-Saxon food and drink, production and distribution, Ann Hagen.
Reference 12 page 43, Cooking and dining in Medieval England by Brears, Peter C. D
Reference 13 The open Doomsday book
Maps and site by Anna Powell-Smith. Domesday data created by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team.
opendomesday.org/map
Reference 14
domesdaybook.net/domesday-book/data-terminology/manors/fisheries
Reference 15, page 259, the chronicle of Henry of Huntington.
Reference 16 page 102, Everyday line in Medieval England, Christopher Dyer.
Reference 17 page 221, The Anglo-Saxon chronicles.
Reference 18 Clause 10, the Charter of the Forest
Reference 19 “The forme of cury, a roll of ancient English cookery, compiled, about A.D. 1390
gutenberg.org/cache/epub/8102/pg8102-images.html#:~:text=XXIII.%20FOR%20TO%20MAKE%20TARTYS%20IN%20APPLIS.
Reference 20, 1215 the year of Magna Carta, John Gillingham and Danny Danziger.
Reference 21 page 125/126 Food & feast in medieval England by Hammond, P. W
Reference 22 page 20 The art of dining, a history of cooking and eating, Sara Paston-Williams.
Reference 23 page 35, The art of dining, a history of cooking and eating, Sara Paston-Williams.
Reference 24 page 17, The art of dining, a history of cooking and eating, Sara Paston-Williams.
Reference 25 page 10/11 The English : a social history, 1066-1945 by Hibbert, Christopher.
Cooking and dining in Medieval England by Brears, Peter C. D
Pages 134/135, The brothers York, Thomas Penn.
Reference 26 page 9 Food & feast in medieval England
Reference 27 page 131 The course of the exchequer, by Richard FitzNealby Hammond, P. W
Reference 28 Here followeth a compendious regiment, or dietarie of health by Boorde, Andrew.
archive.org/details/b30339017/page/n11/mode/2up
Reference 29 page 18, Fooles and fricassees : food in Shakespeare's England
Page 72 Henry 8th, King and Court, Alison Weir.
Reference 30 page 287 The English : a social history, 1066-1945 by Hibbert, Christopher.
Reference 31 page 6 Food and feast in Tudor England by Sim, Alison.
Reference 32 page 132, Henry 8th and the men who made him, Tracey Borman.
Reference 33 page 132, Henry 8th and the men who made him, Tracey Borman.
Reference 34 chapter 6, Feasts and solemnities.
The Field of Cloth of Gold. Joycelyn G Russel.
archive.org/details/fieldofclothofgo0000unse/page/116/mode/2up
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In this video we'll look at The medieval Kings of England's favourite food and the vast quantity of it.
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Sources and references
Reference 1 page 38, The Anglo-Saxon chronicles
Reference 2 page 50 The Anglo-Saxon chronicles
Reference 3 page 151 Appendix D, Anglo-Saxon food, processing and consumption. Ann Hagen.
Reference 4 page 23 Anglo-Saxon food, processing and consumption. Ann Hagen.
Reference 5 page 83 Anglo-Saxon food, processing and consumption. Ann Hagen.
Reference 6 page 88, Asser life of King Alfred.
Reference 7 page 36 Anglo-Saxon food and drink, production and distribution, Ann Hagen.
Reference 8 page 180 Anglo-Saxon food and drink, production and distribution, Ann Hagen.
Reference 9 page 183 Anglo-Saxon food and drink, production and distribution, Ann Hagen.
Reference 10 page 101 Asser life of King Alfred.
Reference 11 page 13 Anglo-Saxon food and drink, production and distribution, Ann Hagen.
Reference 12 page 43, Cooking and dining in Medieval England by Brears, Peter C. D
Reference 13 The open Doomsday book
Maps and site by Anna Powell-Smith. Domesday data created by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team.
opendomesday.org/map
Reference 14
domesdaybook.net/domesday-book/data-terminology/manors/fisheries
Reference 15, page 259, the chronicle of Henry of Huntington.
Reference 16 page 102, Everyday line in Medieval England, Christopher Dyer.
Reference 17 page 221, The Anglo-Saxon chronicles.
Reference 18 Clause 10, the Charter of the Forest
Reference 19 “The forme of cury, a roll of ancient English cookery, compiled, about A.D. 1390
gutenberg.org/cache/epub/8102/pg8102-images.html#:~:text=XXIII.%20FOR%20TO%20MAKE%20TARTYS%20IN%20APPLIS.
Reference 20, 1215 the year of Magna Carta, John Gillingham and Danny Danziger.
Reference 21 page 125/126 Food & feast in medieval England by Hammond, P. W
Reference 22 page 20 The art of dining, a history of cooking and eating, Sara Paston-Williams.
Reference 23 page 35, The art of dining, a history of cooking and eating, Sara Paston-Williams.
Reference 24 page 17, The art of dining, a history of cooking and eating, Sara Paston-Williams.
Reference 25 page 10/11 The English : a social history, 1066-1945 by Hibbert, Christopher.
Cooking and dining in Medieval England by Brears, Peter C. D
Pages 134/135, The brothers York, Thomas Penn.
Reference 26 page 9 Food & feast in medieval England
Reference 27 page 131 The course of the exchequer, by Richard FitzNealby Hammond, P. W
Reference 28 Here followeth a compendious regiment, or dietarie of health by Boorde, Andrew.
archive.org/details/b30339017/page/n11/mode/2up
Reference 29 page 18, Fooles and fricassees : food in Shakespeare's England
Page 72 Henry 8th, King and Court, Alison Weir.
Reference 30 page 287 The English : a social history, 1066-1945 by Hibbert, Christopher.
Reference 31 page 6 Food and feast in Tudor England by Sim, Alison.
Reference 32 page 132, Henry 8th and the men who made him, Tracey Borman.
Reference 33 page 132, Henry 8th and the men who made him, Tracey Borman.
Reference 34 chapter 6, Feasts and solemnities.
The Field of Cloth of Gold. Joycelyn G Russel.
archive.org/details/fieldofclothofgo0000unse/page/116/mode/2up
