Dla zdrowia ciała i spokoju ducha – o umiarze w jedzeniu i piciu na podstawie wybranych tekstów średniowiecza
For the health of the body and the peace of soul – about moderation in eating and drinking based on selected medieval texts

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to present medieval eating and drinking recommendations in the context of spiritual and physical human development. These recommendations were related to religion – one of the most important criteria for evaluating and valuing the world, and derived from the rational belief of people of the era that health should be taken care of and, if necessary, restored, and therefore from medical and, in a narrower sense, dietary reasons. In the Middle Ages, too, health was understood as physical, mental and social well-being. Both recommendations were timeless and geographically universal. Both proclaimed that moderation, which for Christian communities was primarily an important religious virtue, gave health to the body and peace to the soul.

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