Oct 09 2019 61 mins 39
Did Europeans suddenly wake up one day, tired of Medieval living, and decide to change course, to rebirth themselves in modern ideas and start creating good art? Or, as usual, is the story something much more complicated, gradual, and subject to the influence of other cultures from outside?
Hmm, I wonder?… Come listen for an extensive tour of the Italian Renaissance, how it began, and what it meant for people and what they ate.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Opera of Bartolomeo Scappi (1570), translation and commentary of Terrence Scully
Academia Barilla: Food of the Renaissance
Life in Italy: History of Pasta
The New World Encyclopedia: Italian Renaissance
Daily Life in History: How did the Fall of Constantinople affect the Italian Renaissance
Turkish Cultural Foundation: The Story of Turkish Food
Smithsonian Magazine: Renaissance Table Etiquette and the Origin of Manners
