Edibles & Potables: The Regimen Sanitatus Salernum — or, a medieval diet revisited

 The medieval period of European history — the Middle Ages, or the Dark Ages — encompassed 1,000 years between the fall of the Roman Empire and the arrival of the Renaissance — approximately 500 to 1500 A.D. The 15th century saw the beginning of the Age of Exploration, as wooden ships fanned out from Europe and reached the most isolated places on the globe, returning with items never before seen, as well as establishing the basis for ......Read more