The Inquisitor at the Table: Food and Identity in the Mediterranean Tribunals of the Roman Inquisition

• Published in: Religions (Basel, Switzerland ) Vol. 14; no. 5; p. 619
• Main Author: Dursteler, Eric R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.05.2023
• Subjects: Analysis; Book publishing; Christians; confessionalism; Confessions; cross-cultural encounters; Diet; Food; Identity; Inquisition; Islam; Mediterranean; Men; Methods; Nomads; Pork; Protestantism; Religion; Religious aspects; Religious conversion; Roman Inquisition; Social aspects; Spirituality; Tribunals & commissions; United States; New York; United Kingdom; France; Malta

This article explores the Roman Inquisition’s interest in the dietary practices of suspected heretics throughout the Roman Catholic Mediterranean. In an era marked by rampant religious nomadism and a deep uncertainty about assaying and fixing confessional identity, dietary practices were often used...