On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Margus Männik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > copy-paste from Wikipedia: > "First introduced to Western Europe in the 10th century by Theophanu > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophanu>, Byzantine wife of Emperor Otto > II <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_II>, the table fork had, by the > 11th century, made its way to Italy > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy>. In Italy, it became quite popular > by the 14th century, being commonly used for eating by merchant and > upper classes by 1600." > > 10th to 11th and even 14th century sounds medieval enough for me... > > BR, Margus
I don't know that this is definitive, but it seems that forks didn't make their way into Western Europe until the 16th Century and even then didn't catch on quickly: http://www.hospitalityguild.com/History/history_of_the_fork.htm By my sketchy knowledge of history, that's well after medieval times. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
