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Anglo-Saxon Kings were 'seasonal vegetarians'

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Very few people in England ate large amounts of meat before the Vikings settled, and there is no evidence that elites ate more meat than other people, a major new bioarchaeological study reveals. But its sister study also suggests that peasants occasionally hosted lavish meat feasts for their rulers. Their findings overturn major assumptions about early medieval English history.

This work was carried out by Dr Thomas Lambert and Dr Sam Leggett

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Cambridge Uni, Cambridge University, Edinburgh University
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