Beginnings : who were the first monks? -- Desert fathers, pillar-saints and fasting -- The 'hermit craze' of the Middle Ages -- Herbs and health -- From field to table : the medieval monastic experience -- Medieval diets : the food landscape. How did medieval hermits survive on…
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The Egyptian hermit Onuphrios was said to have lived entirely on dates, and perhaps the most famous of all hermits, John the Baptist, on locusts and wild honey. Was it really possible to sustain life on so little food? The history of monasticism is defined by the fierce and pass…
How did medieval hermits survive on their self-denying diet? What did they eat, and how did unethical monks get around the rules? The Egyptian hermit Onuphrios was said to have lived entirely on dates, and perhaps the most famous of all hermits, John the Baptist, on locusts and …