![]() Food was the primary factor that separated the rich from the poor, and for that reason, food was both a symbol of benevolence and sinfulness. ![]() ![]() Bynum argues that food was always a central metaphor in Medieval life, particularly, Medieval Christianity. Through historical accounts of female saints and nuns, Bynum explores how women related food to God, and how that relationship is connected to how women were viewed, and how they viewed themselves. Bynum examines the way food has always played a central role in the religious lives of women, and how that relationship to food led to certain miraculous phenomenon, such as inedia, or living without food for years on end. Holy Feast and Holy Fast: The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women is a historical book by Caroline Walker Bynum about the relationship that medieval women, and particularly holy women, had to the consumption of food. ![]()
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