What Did the Anglo-Saxons Eat?

Gone Medieval

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4.6 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Early medieval royals ate mostly meat, right? Wrong! A new study that’s made headlines around the world has shown that medieval kings were largely vegetarian! To help shed light on this exciting new discovery, today Cat is joined by Dr Sam Leggett of the University of Edinburgh, a bio-archaeologist and the lead author of the study.

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