Abstract (eng)
This MA thesis deals with nutrition in Austrian monasteries during the Baroque period in a
comparative perspective. Based on account books from the three Carinthian monasteries
Arnoldstein, Friesach and St. Paul, the nutritional practice was elaborated from an economic point of view, especially with regard to the differences in the purchases of animals and food, the prices as well as their origin. In addition, with the help of secondary literature, the diet in other Austrian monasteries such as Admont, St. Peter, Mondsee and Lambach was compared, partly also on the basis of editions of handed-down menus and diaries. Other important guiding questions were the hierarchy regarding consumption at the servants', conventual, and abbot's table and the discrepancy between norm and practice during fasts and abstinence from meat, which can be assessed especially with menus and visitation records. A rich source for consumption is archaeologically discovered bones from latrines and waste pits, and here it is also possible to reconstruct the origin of the animals.