Cambridge University study finds Anglo-Saxon kings were mostly vegetarian

[PHDNM]

Cambridge University study finds Anglo-Saxon kings were mostly vegetarian

22 april 2022

Anglo-Saxon kings were mostly vegetarian before the Vikings settled, according to new studies.

Cambridge University researchers analysed more than 2,000 skeletons and found elites ate no more meat than other social groups.

One study also suggested peasants occasionally hosted lavish meat feasts for their rulers.

Researchers said the findings overturned major assumptions about early medieval English history.

Cambridge University bioarchaeologist Sam Leggett drew her conclusions after analysing chemical signatures of diets preserved in the bones of 2,023 people buried in England from the 5th to 11th Centuries.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-...shire-61178452

https://www.livescience.com/anglo-sa...ely-vegetarian

[Creoda]

Eating less meat doesn't make you vegetarian. Lots of the stereotypes about Medieval diets are just that. And I'm much more interested in their DNA than their eating habits, hopefully that will come at some point.

[gixajo]

In those times except for the elites, the vast majority of people ate very little meat.

That remained the case until relatively recently and it has nothing to do with vegetarianism.