
Middle Ages 11: The Pulsating Body -- The Medieval World View
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The Peasant Diet in the Middle Ages
Mediaeval peasants tended to have a fairly good diet, with a wide range of fruits, vegetables and animal protein. They got their vitamins through through vegetables and meat; they also had plenty of alcohol. It was later on that a lot of these foods became a lot more expensive,. and peasants were forced to cut back on them in the mediaeval west.
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