Perish the thought: fermentation and rot in the medieval imagination.

Although there were different words to describe fermentation and rot since archaic times, the separation of these processes is obscure. This article identifies the circumstances in which both fermentation and rot were considered either good or bad, where sometimes the understanding was informed by p...

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Published in:Food, Culture & Society Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 431 - 447
Main Author: Nelson, Robert
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Apr2025
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