The Studium of Perugia, derived from preexisting schools and officially founded in 1308, has enjoyed, between the fourteenth and fifteenth century, an undisputed prestige due to legal teachings...

Food disseminated in a determined territory usually presents a certain constancy over time, as it is determined, at least in part, by long duration natural factors, such as climate and soil nature...

Besides being essential for the physical survival of mankind, food certainly has a strong symbolic value that, already in primitive societies...

The Age of Enlightenment marks an important change in the approach to food and dietary habits. New varieties of food begin to appear on the tables throughout Umbria, such as chocolate...