Gastronomie v dějinách kultury

• Main Author: Mrázková, Tereza
• Other Authors: Czumalo, Vladimír
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: Czech
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-313508

Diploma thesis "Gastronomy in cultural history" is a cultural study focusing on the development and status of gastronomy in the context of everyday life of European society from the Middle Ages to the late 19th century. An emphasis is placed on the environment of the Czech lands. The thesis also deals with other fields that are directly related to gastronomy and table manners, it is particularly interested in changes in lifestyles that reflect the technological and economic development. Methodologically it is based on historical, cultural anthropological and sociological research. The interpretation is kept chronologically and is structured in accordance with the usual cultural-historical periodization. The specifics of the thesis consist mainly in pursuit of a holistic approach to the concept of this interdisciplinarily interesting topic. In the chapter on the Middle Ages, it describes the influence of different alimentary systems and Hippocratic-Galenic theory on the formation of the medieval diet. It neither ignores the Christian belief and social status based on a feudal system, nor the development of towns as new political, cultural and economic centres of the region. The chapter on the Renaissance is concerned with a return to ancient ideals, the emergence of a new aristocracy, refining the...