Menu at the courts in Prague and at the Karlštejn Castle in the late 14th - early 15th century

Abstract

The study focuses on diets at the aristocratic courts of the late Middle Ages and brings findings on food consumption, prices and expenditures. It is based on the analysis of the travel accounts of Henry, Earl of Derby, dated back to 1392, of the Karlštejn Castle accounts from 1423-1434 and of the account of the Kutna Hora mint master from his journey to Buda in 1512.

Keywords

• diets
• food consumption at the aristocratic courts
• the late Middle Ages
• Central Europe