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“The decline
& revival”
THE ROMAN EMPIRE FELL
TO BYZANTINE IN AD 476
AD 476 TO AD 1300
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Fine foods disappeared from
the western European diet,
replaces by very basic food
grown at home
Travel and Tourism virtually
ceased. Travel was primarily for
religious reasons: pilgrimage to
Rome and to Holy Land
Fine foods disappeared from
the western European diet,
replaces by very basic food
grown at home.
Inn keeping nearly
disappeared, except for local
taverns and few inns scattered
throughout Europe
The Roman Catholic Church
through its monasteries took
over the job of feeding and
housing travelers
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