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“In WhatWays Did Food and Drink Symbolise Power and Authority In Ancient and Early Modern Society?”
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"IN WHAT WAYS DID FOOD AND DRINK SYMBOLISE POWER AND AUTHORITY IN ANCIENT AND EARLY MODERN SOCIETY" Throughout history, food and drink have been fundamental to the human experience both in terms of biology and behaviour. As requisite nourishment the labour required in food's production has defined economies and shaped societies. The primacy of food has imbued it with symbolic meaning far beyond mere sustenance, and an appreciation of the historical and cultural contexts of these meanings can convey much about a given society. This essay is concerned with the way food and drink has symbolised power and authority in different historical contexts and will discuss these themes in relation to the classical concept of civilisation and, at more length, Christian asceticism as practiced by women in medieval Europe. In classical antiquity man was differentiated from the Gods by the food he ate1. Greek and Roman identity was based on the concept civilisation,...
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