Bøker av Piero (University of Bologna) Camporesi

Examines Hell and the Eucharist, the images and representations of salvation and perdition. The author draws on the preachers of the Counter-Reformation to show how the idea of Hell evolved. He counterpoises this with a description of the mystical virtues with which the Host was invested.

Written by one of the foremost, and perhaps the most original, historians of food (and beliefs about food) in Europe today. A concise and beautifully written account of the eating and drinking habits of the upper classes in the 18th century. Camporesi's previous books have been widely reviewed.

A brilliant and highly original attempt to reconstruct the imaginative world of ordinary people - peasants, beggars, the poor - in early modern Europe. Camporesi shows that some food, like bread had intoxicating qualities, so that people were literally drugged by the food they ate.

The author is one of the foremost, and perhaps the most original, historians of food, the body and popular beliefs in Europe today. An outstanding account of attitudes to the cosmos, food and the human body in medieval and early modern times.

* Camporesi is one of Europea s most important and original historians of food and culture* This is a lively account of the history of popular beliefs about food in Europe* His previous book on a similar subject, The Bread of Dreams, was very widely reviewed; the present book should also receive a good deal of exposure.

In this highly original book, Camporesi explores the two worlds of feast and famine in early modern Europe. The Land of Hunger is a graphic and engaging journey into the folk culture of early modern Europe.