Feeding the merchants and artisans of Northwest Europe (seventh–tenth centuries) : Food practices and strategies in the emporia of the Nordic Seas

• Published in: Médiévales
• Main Author: Malbos, Lucie
• Other Authors: Centre d'Etudes Supérieures de Civilisation médiévale (CESCM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Poitiers
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2019
• Subjects: exchange; Middle Ages; foof; ports; towns; Northwest Europe; échanges; alimentation; Moyen Âge; Europe du Nors-Ouest; villes; [SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance; [SHS.HIST]Humanities and Social Sciences/History; Manger; Nordic Seas
• Online Access: https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-02318454; https://doi.org/10.4000/medievales.10012

International audience Eating is a socially and culturally significant act that helps define identities. In the context of the economic development of the Nordic Seas from the seventh century onward, a new kind of port area emerged, known as ‪‪wics‪‪ or ‪‪emporia‪‪. Using textual and archaeological...